Lee's Summit Town Hall

Monday NewsLink: COVID concerns force second cancellation of Downtown Days; changes at SCA & LS CARES and more

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of February 15, 2021. This week’s headlines from throughout the Lee’s Summit community including: Downtown Lee’s Summit; Summit Christian Academy; Lee’s Summit CARES; Lee’s Summit Medical Center and the City of Lee’s Summit.

Black History Month, perspective and honest conversations about where we are what we should be talking about

Podcast host and craft beer ambassador Nigel Woodberry and Reggie Gray, a Lee’s Summit resident and business owner join hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury for a conversation about Black History Month and how we, as a community, can better facilitate effective dialogue on race and diversity.

Monday NewsLink: Downtown LS & bars cancel Emerald Isle parade and pub crawl; professional training opportunities; school field trips and a push for kindness

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of February 8, 2021. Downtown Lee’s Summit and surrounding bars and restaurants announce cancellation of popular parade and pub crawl; UCM-Lee’s Summit offers more professional training; local elementary students see project come to life in special field trip and the City’s Human Relations Commission preps for a city-wide kindness campaign.

Buy your Love Local passports; make good food; Go Chiefs!

Let’s be honest here, folks. It’s February, we’re still in a pandemic and the news train is chugging a little slow. So, we’re keeping it short this week with a shoutout to our favorite Robot Shade Overlords, discussing our big game menus, thinking about our hometown team and spending our off air time gearing up to meet the Board of Education candidates.

Monday NewsLink: LSN science teacher nabs state-wide honors, LSR7 district settles discrimination suit; students gearing up for return to in-person learning; get ready for your vaccine

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of February 1, 2021. This week’s headlines come from Lee’s Summit North High School, the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District and the Jackson County Health Department.

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Settling lawsuits, the next BOE election & a conversation with Truman Heartland’s Phil Hanson

The Lee’s Summit R-7 School District has come to a settlement in a discrimination case stemming from 2018 and Jason and Nick are gearing up for candidate conversations as we look ahead to the April Board of Education election. And Phil Hanson, of the Truman Heartland Community Foundation joins the show to talk about the organizations work to support charitable causes in our community.

Monday NewsLink: Summit Art planning return to public displays; UCM-LS launches new course; LSN students nabs prestigious scholarship & more

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of January 25, 2021. This week’s headlines feature news from Summit Art, the University of Central Missouri-Lee’s Summit Pleasant Lea Middle School and Lee’s Summit North High School.

Chatting with Dr. Buck about the return to in-person learning, bond issue projects and some new educational programs coming to the district

Nick and Jason take some time to catch up with Lee's Summit R-7 Superintendent Dr. David Buck. In addition to a conversation about the recent decision on learning modes, they talk about some current construction and development projects and some new educational programming beginning next fall.

Monday NewsLink: LSR7 preps for return to in-person learning; plus news from City Hall, LS EDC and UCM-Lee’s Summit

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of January 18, 2021. Each week, we take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings and events around Lee’s Summit. This week’s headlines come from the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District, City of Lee’s Summit, Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council and the University of Central Missouri-Lee’s Summit.

An idea for next Christmas season and looking in on City Council and the LSR7 Board of Education

Man, the holiday break was just too long and Nick & Jason are ready to get back to conversations about our community and with people doing good work around town. In their first episode of the new year, Jason and Nick throw out an idea for the next holiday season before opening the window for looksy at City Council and the Lee's Summit R-7 Board of Education.