×
Subscribe

Subscribe Today

Save almost 50% off the newsstand price!

In addition to receiving 26 issues of The Independent Kansas City’s Journal of Society, your subscription will include our annual publication, the Charitable Events Calendar and a subscription to our e-newsletter, The Insider.

Questions about your current subscription? Contact Laura Gabriel at 816-471-2800.

Congratulations, Angela & Benjamin!

Mrs. Steven Joseph Latorre of Our Town is pleased to announce the engagement of her daughter, Angela Constance Latorre, to Benjamin Ross Hudson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hudson of Wilson, North Carolina. The bride-to-be is also the daughter of the late Mr. Steven Joseph Latorre. Angela is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Saponieri and Mrs. Joseph Latorre of Valrico, Florida, and the late Mr. Latorre. She is a graduate of Notre Dame de Sion High School. Angela was presented at the Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties Community Ball and Cotillion in 1997. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in French from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. Angela is a BOTAR, class of 2002. She is careering with Arrowhead Automotive Aftermarket.

Her groom-elect is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edwin John Kennedy and Mrs. David Massey Hudson of Richmond, Virginia, and the late Mr. Hudson. Ben graduated from Pacelli High School in Columbus, Georgia. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in marketing from The University of Georgia, and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of LaVerne. Ben is employed with Cerner Corporation. Theirs will be a May 25th wedding at St. Peter’s Catholic Church.

Also featured in the November 24th issue of The Indpendent
Photo Credit:  David Riffel


IMG_9106

IMG_9221

 

Features

Congratulations, Allie & Andrew!

Allie Lynn Dillingham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Edwards Dillingham of Kansas City, is engaged to be married to Andrew Thomas Hipp on June 22nd at Union Station Kansas…

Congratulations, Nicole & John!

Dr. Nicole Alexandra Hefner and John Kennedy Goodwin, Jr. will meet at the altar of St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church in Chicago, Illinois, this August to exchange vows. The bride-to-be…

Crib Note – Lillian Blair Snively

And then there were three – three girls, that is – for Amy and Matt Snively of Our Town! Lillian Blair Snively joined the family on December 15th, weighing six…

Crib Note – Miles Henry Floyd Dunn

Miles Henry Floyd Dunn arrived on December 5th, much to the delight of his parents, Sarah Ingram Dunn and Alec Dunn, and older sibling John Oliver Dunn! Weighing eight pounds,…