Over 75 Volunteers Clean Up Blue Parkway

Over 75 Volunteers Clean Up Blue Parkway

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May 7, 2022 By Jessica Cox Over 75 volunteers from two Lee’s Summit wards of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints cleaned up the trash along Blue Parkway on Saturday, Apr. 30, 2022 for Global Youth Service Day. Blue Parkway…

New Director Welcoming Summer Singers

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April 30, 2022 The Summer Singers of Lee’s Summit, a summer-only community chorus active in June and July of each year, welcomes a new music director to the podium. The chorus is presently registering singers of all experience levels for the choral…

Local Student Nominated For SBU’s Annual Mr. And Miss Southwest Pageant

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February 26, 2022 Ben Yoder of Lee’s Summit is among the candidates in the running for Southwest Baptist University’s Mr. and Miss Southwest Pageant, a tradition annually honoring one male and one female student. The event takes place this year at 7…

The Evidence of Faith’s Substance

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January 22, 2022 Subject: General Charles McGee and the Tuskegee Airmen: Freedom in Jesus Christ 2Corinthians 3:17 “The Lord is the Spirit; where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Freedom.” “What freedom means is when I was told I couldn’t…

Lee’s Summit Police Investigating Shooting Aboard Amtrak Train

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January 15, 2022 11:59 p.m. By Public Information Officer, Sgt Chris Depue Lee’s Summit, Mo.— On Friday, January 14th, 2022 at approximately 9:15 p.m. emergency crews were summoned to the Amtrak station in Independence, MO located in the 1100 block of WestPacific…

UPDATE Fire Heavily Damages Lee’s Summit Home

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6:20 p.m. Update By Assistant Chief Jim Eden LEE’S SUMMIT, MO— On Friday, December 31, 2021, at 10:28 a.m., the Lee’s Summit Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire in the 500 Block of NE Lynn Street. Multiple callers reported a…

SISA Plans Holiday Program For Foreign Exchange Students

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December 25, 2021 By Dan HallPhotographer and Reporter On Dec. 21, forty-two students and three administrators participated in a student led holiday program at the Summit International Studies Academy (SISA). A three person student team developed this first ever holiday program to…

LSPD Statement In Reference to Lee’s Summit North High School Rumors

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December 17, 2021 By Community Interaction Officer Ron Doumitt Lee’s Summit, MO — The Lee’s Summit Police Department has been made aware of an email circulating that contains many incorrect statements and misinformation. The email concerns “several” fights that have occurred on…

Larry Anderson, Masters Certified Board of Education Member, Seeks R7 Seat

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December 11, 2021 Larry Anderson, a general engineer for the Federal Aviation Administration, is a candidate for the Lee’s Summit R-7 Board of Education. He already possesses the Missouri School Board Association’s second highest certification from the nearly six years he served…

Live Nativity At Church On The Rock

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The Church On The Rock Outreach Center will be having a free live nativity event from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 11 and from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12. Church On The Rock is located at 1700…