Jackson County Health Department Opens New COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Offering Pfizer Booster

Jackson County Health Department Opens New COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Offering Pfizer Booster

staff2 October 16, 2021

October 16, 2021 Following the recent FDA authorization and CDC recommendation of Pfizer boosters for certain populations, the Jackson County Health Department opened up a new, permanent COVID-19 vaccine clinic located at 3651 NE Ralph Powell Road in Lee’s Summit. The clinic…

Graves Pushes Social Security Administration To Reopen Offices

staff2 October 16, 2021

October 16, 2021 Congressman Sam Graves joined 50 of his colleagues this week in urging the Social Security Administration to reopen their Field Offices across the country. The letter calls on Acting Social Security Administration Commissioner Kilolo Kijakazi and American Federation of…

“Become One” With Gateway Church Fall Event

admin October 13, 2021

By Diane Hawkins Come Join us at Gateway Church, 5600 SW Woods Chapel Road, Blue Springs, MO, on October 23rd from 3:00-6:00 pm for our first fundraising event! Funds that are raised will go to providing occasional food and shelter as needed…

Lee’s Summit Teen Vies For Miss Teen USA

staff2 October 9, 2021

October 9, 2021 Anna Long, Miss Missouri Teen USA will be competing in the national pageant Miss Teen USA in Tulsa, Oklahoma on November 26 and 27, 2021. Long is a 2021 graduate of Lee’s Summit West High School and currently attends…

KC Zoo Gorillas Recovering From COVID-19

staff2 October 9, 2021

October 9, 2021 The Kansas City Zoo has received confirmation that one of their Western lowland gorillas recently had SARSCoV2, the Delta variant of the virus known as COVID-19. The other five gorillas that make up the zoo’s troop, are presumed to…

Phone scammers manipulate Caller ID, making phone calls appear to come from Missouri Capitol Police

admin October 7, 2021

October 7, 2021 JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Capitol Police learned this afternoon that scammers had begun manipulating Caller ID so phone calls appeared to be coming from Missouri Capitol Police. This is a scam known as “spoofing” and can be used to…

Paranormal Investigation At Fort Osage National Historic Landmark

staff2 October 5, 2021

Jackson County Parks + Rec is excited to announce Fort Osage National Historic Landmark’s Paranormal Investigation. Professional paranormal investigators will use state-of-the-art technology to explore the historic Fort in Sibley, Missouri and learn more about its former residents. Fort Osage historians and…

How To Stop Criminals From Spoofing Your Smartphone Number

staff2 October 5, 2021

October 2, 2021 By Burton KelsoThe Technology Expert Telephone spoofing, also known as caller ID spoofing is the act of making a phone call appear as if it is coming from a different number when it shows up on your caller ID.…

State to Carry Out Sentence of Mr. Ernest Lee Johnson

admin October 4, 2021

October 4, 2021 (JEFFERSON CITY, MO) –Today, Governor Mike Parson confirmed that the state of Missouri will carry out the sentence of Mr. Ernest Lee Johnson on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, as ordered by the Supreme Court of Missouri. “The state is prepared…

Jackson County Executive recommends public health order extension on indoor mask requirement

admin October 4, 2021

October 4, 2021 KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Jackson County Executive Frank White, Jr. – in consultation with Jackson County Health Department Director Bridgette Shaffer, MPH and Emergency Management Coordinator Troy Schulte – is recommending a 30-day extension to the County’s public health order requiring…