A weekly podcast conversation, produced by Link 2 Lee's Summit, highlighting local issues and people in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Host Nick Parker and guests discuss pertinent issues and topics concerning local residents and introduce listeners to some of the people who help make Lee's Summit a vibrant community.
Episodes
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Your Monday NewsLink for the week of August 31, 2020. This week's headlines come from the Lee's Summit R-7 School District, Lee's Summit CARES, City of Lee's Summit and the community at large.
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
LSR7 Board President Ryan Murdock and the reopening decision
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Lee's Summit R-7 Board of Education President Ryan Murdock joins hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury to discuss this week's vote on the plan to reopen schools. The conversation looks at the board's process, as well as some insight into its future decisions through the pandemic.
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Your Monday NewsLink for the week of August 24, 2020. Hosts Nick Parker and Liesl Hays offer up some news and notes from the Lee's Summit R-7 School District, the City of Lee's Summit and the Truman Heartland Foundation, among others.
Friday Aug 21, 2020
Friday Aug 21, 2020
Have you checked your engine light? No, not the one in your car. Local therapist Kerri Gray drops back by the show to talk with Nick and Jason about our current collective mental state. We're all under an exorbitant amount of emotional stress right now, she says. But, she also has tips for how we can cope.
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Checking in on City Hall and some news and notes
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury sift through a few news and notes from inside City Hall as much of the community awaits the final reopening decision from the Lee's Summit R-7 School District. And then ponder what news developments they're looking forward to as we approach fall and the back stretch of 2020.
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Your Monday NewsLink for the week of August 17, 2020.
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
PSA renewals, transparency & the back-to-school wait continues
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury review some of the top news from the community, including the City's renewal of some Public Service Agreements and a little conversation as we all wait to see what back-to-school will look like for the Lee's Summit R-7 school District.
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Your Monday NewsLink for the week of August 10, 2020.
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday conversation:Taking in the updated roadmap to reopening LSR7 Schools
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury outline LSR7's updated roadmap to reopening the local schools and discuss its impact on the community.
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Your Monday Newslink for the week of August 3, 2020 takes a look at the latest reopening recommendations for the LSR7 School District, Tuesday's primary, some help for parents as they prep for the new school year and a chance to hear from LSR7's new superintendent.