Lee's Summit Tribune

Two others charged in Raytown homicide outside pool hall in early March

editor March 17, 2019

March 17, 2019 Two others have been charged in the fatal shooting of Riley McCracken outside a Raytown pool hall on March 4, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today. Tynan B. Mullen, dob 9/13/1999, faces Murder 1st Degree and Armed…

Summit Christian Academy Leads At School Choice Rally

staff2 March 16, 2019

Feb. 2, 2019 Summit Christian Academy (SCA) partnered with the Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri (CEAM) and National School Choice Week to rally over 750 people to the state Capitol in Jefferson City on January 24. Students in the SCA 5th and…

Missouri Republican Party Names Rep. Jean Evans Executive Director.

staff2 March 16, 2019

Feb. 8, 2019 The Missouri Republican Party recently announced that it has named State Representative Jean Evans (House District 99) Executive Director of the Party. Evans will step down from her position in the Missouri House of Representatives in order to take…

Excessive Force Incident involving Deputy forwarded to FBI for review

editor March 15, 2019

March 15, 2019 By Deputy Raashid Brown, Public Information Officer On Friday, February 22, 2019 at approximately 8:00 p.m., a Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Deputy assigned to the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority responded to a call for service at 10th and…

Bret Ballentine Insurance High School Sports Report

staff2 March 15, 2019

March 15, 2019 By Fred LiggettFredL@lstribune.net Post-season honors pour in for area basketball teams this week. A number of talented Alumni also honored this week. Lee’s Summit Nick Larkin – Johnson County Community College sophomore guard (LSHS alum) named First Team All…

Sergeant Collin M. Stosberg Promoted To Lieutenant

editor March 13, 2019

March 13, 2019 Lieutenant Colonel Eric T. Olson, acting superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the following promotion effective April 1, 2019: Sergeant Collin M. Stosberg, public information and education officer assigned to Troop A, Lee’s Summit, MO, is being…

LSEDC Promotes Tina Chace To Director Of Business Development

staff2 March 13, 2019

By Krista Klaus The Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council (LSEDC) is pleased to announce that Tina Chace has been promoted to the newly created position of Director of Business Development. In her new role, Chace will lead LSEDC’s business retention and workforce…

Lee’s Summit man, 45, charged in double homicide of ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend

editor March 12, 2019

March 12, 2019 A 45-year-old Lee’s Summit man has been charged in the double fatal shooting inside a Raytown apartment this morning, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today. Clifton Jack, dob: 7/7/1973, faces two counts of Murder 1st Degree and…

19-year-old KC man charged in murder outside Raytown pool hall

editor March 12, 2019

March 12, 2019 A Kansas City man, 19, has been charged in the fatal shooting of Riley McCracken outside a Raytown pool hall on March 4, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today. Logan B.L. England, dob: 10/1/1999, faces Murder 1st…

Former Lee’s Summit police officer pleads guilty to armed bank robbery

editor March 12, 2019

March 12, 2019 Led officers in 100 m.p.h. pursuit from Lee’s Summit to Grandview KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A former Lee’s Summit, Mo., police officer who led officers on a 100-miles-per-hour vehicle pursuit pleaded guilty in federal court today to armed bank…