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June 3, 2025 By Sgt. Chris DepueLee’s Summit Police Department On Sunday evening, June 1st, 2025 Officer Jared Timbrook was shot while pursuing a suspect on foot. Officer Timbrook was treated by his fellow officers on scene and he was transported to…

Belmont University recently released the Dean’s List for the spring 2025 semester. Approximately 47% of the University’s 6,912 undergraduate students qualified for the spring 2025 Dean’s List. Among those qualifying were: Wyatt Frank of Lee’s Summit, Isaac Neff of Lee’s Summit, and…

The Summer Singers of Lee’s Summit, a 75-member summer-only community chorus, is seeking new singers for their 11th summer of singing in 2025.  Founded in 2014, the Summer Singers has performed a plethora of choral masterworks with distinguished soloists and professional orchestra,…

Lieutenant Colonel John William Ball, USAR (Ret.), 67, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, was born July 3, 1957, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of John W. “J” and Betzey J. (Curnow) Ball. He departed this life Thursday, December 19, 2024, at the…

A Kingdom Christmas Story: Hail Merry, an original, engaging and heartwarming silent scripted Christmas Claymation short, has now dropped on the official Kansas City Chiefs YouTube Channel and Chiefs official social channels ahead of the team’s NFL Christmas Day game on Netflix. In the…

The familiar Lee’s Summit Firefighter boots will be walking the streets of Downtown Lee’s Summit this week. Members of the Lee’s Summit Fire Department and the Lee’s Summit Firefighters Association IAFF #2195 will be a fixture at the to the four corners…

Central Methodist University celebrated its Winter 2024 commencement on December 7 in Puckett Fieldhouse on the Fayette campus. Former board of trustees member James Kimbell gave the commencement address as a packed house of family, friends, faculty, staff, and other guests celebrated…

Though the ceremonial ringing of bells has been a feature of Christian celebration and worship for centuries, it is only in the past 70 years that handbell ensembles have become a popular musical expression in church services. The St. Paul Episcopal Church…

November 23, 2024 The Raytown School District held their Second Annual RQS Day on Thursday, Nov. 14. Staff, students, community members, and businesses showed their #RQSPride for RQS Day by wearing their favorite red, blue or RQS spiritwear, making posters to hang…

November 23, 2024 Summit Christian Academy (SCA) is pleased to recognize students who consistently exhibit exceptional Christian character through the Christian Character Award program. The purpose of this award is to encourage students to pursue their potential toward attaining the highest level…