from all three ISD high schools meet almost all year round at William Chrisman High school. The FBI is also active in the ISD community; many members from the team mentor ISD middle school and elementary school FIRST Lego League teams and host an annual FIRST Lego League tournament at George Caleb Bingham Middle School. Notable alumni Madisen Ward - musician, Madisen Ward and The Mama Bearn Forrest "Phog" Allen - KU basketball coach Don Buschhorn - former MLB player (Kansas City Athletics) Mort Cooper - former MLB player (St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, New York Giants, Chicago Cubs) Walker Cooper - former MLB player (St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs) Paul Henning - TV producer (The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres) Jared Huffman - US Congressman, CA Dist 2 Sharon Kinne - Serial Killer, One of the longest fugitives in American history Russ Morman - former MLB player (Florida Marlins, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals); and current hitting coach for the Fresno Grizzlies Paul C. Nagel - historian and biographer Charles Ross - White House Press Secretary/Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Ellis Short - billionaire investor Tava Smiley - TV actress Orvar Swenson - pediatric surgeon Bess Wallace Truman - former First Lady of the United States Harry S. Truman - 33rd President of the United States References Buildings and structures in Independence, Missouri Educational institutions established in 1888 1888 establishments in Missouri High schools in Jackson County, Missouri Public high schools in Missouri