Lee's Summit Town Hall

Monday NewsLink: Back to school and other local news, notes and events

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of August 23, 2021. School is back in session this week and we've got a few headlines from the Lee's Summit R-7 school District, as well as some other news and notes from around the Lee's Summit community. 

Catching up with Dr. Buck as our kids get ready for a new school year

You heard it here first. LSR7 Superintendent Dr. David Buck says this year, "School's going to look a lot more like school." With just 7 days left in the summer break, hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury chat with Buck about the upcoming school year and get an idea of what students can expect.

Monday NewsLink: Prepping for a return to school; internships & accolades; & entrepreneurial inspiration

Monday NewsLink: Prepping for a return to school; internships & accolades; & entrepreneurial inspiration

Good on ya; happy birthday, Missouri; the kids will be wearing masks

A big congratulations for the Lee's Summit History Museum and its partners for this week's Missouri Bicentennial ice cream social and Nick and Jason take a look at the Lee's Summit R-7 Board of Education's meeting and vote to require masks in grades K-12.

Monday NewsLink: Mask mandates, charitable donations, business honors & more

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of August 9, 2021. This week's headlines come from Jackson County, the Lee's Summit R-7 School District; Door Systems inc., ABC Preschool, Downtown Lee's Summit Main Street, University of Central Missouri-Lee's Summit and more.

Celebrating birthdays and looking ahead to the next school year

This week, we're talking about a bi-centennial birthday party and starting to put together a picture for what this next school year may look like.

Monday NewsLink: Back to school shopping; on the move in downtown LS & more

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of August 2, 2021. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit, this week's quick headlines come from Lee's Summit Social Services, downtown Lee's Summit and the Lee's Summit R-7 School District.

Monday NewsLink: The BOE decision and an artist's big break

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of July 19, 2021.

No word yet, but that's OK because we've got some nerdy talk for you

The biggest story in town doesn't yet have a conclusion, but that's OK, because the City Council was talking about TIFs this week, so we decided this was a good time to revisit development incentives and how they work.

Monday NewsLink: BOE decision coming; pair of events hitting downtown this week

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of July 12, 2021. The Lee's Summit Board of Education is set to make its decision concerning a terminated teacher; Velocity's Pitch Pub Crawl is set for Thursday; sidewalk sale this Saturday in downtown and more.