The Examiner is the daily newspaper of eastern Jackson County, Missouri, including Independence, Blue Springs and Grain Valley.

It is published five days a week – Tuesday through Saturday – and its webpage is at www.examiner.net.

The Examiner was first published as a weekly newspaper in 1898 by Col. William Southern.

The daily edition began publication as The Independence Examiner May 16, 1905.

[5] Audrey Stubbart, an American centenarian, worked for The Examiner until the age of 104.