Crews have begun to clean up a heap of steel and iron that had stood as a water tower in Independence since 1913, after the tower came crashing down during a demolition effort, landing eight feet from ...

A 200-foot-tall water tower came crashing down on the front yard of a home during a botched demolition. Contractors tried to use cables to make the tower fall on a nearby grassy area, but it fell ...

Mark Carrick, a member of the Jackson County Historical Society, surveys a 112-year-old water tower that was demolished in Independence Tuesday. The Historical Society plans to preserve and reuse some ...