Lee’s Summit History Museum Celebrating 50 Years

Lee’s Summit History Museum Celebrating 50 Years

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September 28, 2024 The Historical Society of Lee’s Summit was incorporated 50 years ago in 1974. Over those years volunteers dedicated to preserving and sharing the stories of Lee’s Summit have continued to create and enhance exhibits in the History Museum. In…

Jackson County Legislator Manuel Abarca IV Invited To White House Gun Violence Prevention Event

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September 28, 2024 Jackson County Legislator Manuel Abarca IV has been invited to the White House on September 26, 2024, to participate in a pivotal event on gun violence prevention. This invitation underscores his commitment to tackling gun violence and serves as…

Why Our White, Brown And Black Dad’s All Do Matter

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September 28, 2024 By Dan W. Hall, CAE My dad, just like many of your dads, was a hard-working man (almost to a fault). However, he loved mom and we kids even though he mostly didn’t show a lot of emotions. He…

Sean Smith To Host Housing Affordability Town Hall With Representative Jon Patterson And KC Regional Housing Alliance

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September 28, 2024 Missouri House Representative Jon Patterson and Jackson County Legislator Sean Smith are partnering with KC Regional Housing Alliance to host a Town Hall on Monday, Sept. 30 at the Gamber Center in Lee’s Summit. Focusing on Housing Affordability and…

Jackson County Parks + Rec Presents 48th Annual Fall Festival Of Arts, Crafts And Music At Missouri Town Living History Museum

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September 28, 2024 Fall is near. Usher in the season by spending the day with your family at Jackson County Parks + Rec’s Fall Festival of Arts, Crafts and Music at the Missouri Town Living History Museum on Saturday, Oct. 5 and…

SHSMO To Showcase Original Walt Disney Cartoons

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September 28, 2024 The State Historical Society of Missouri (SHSMO) recently opened a new exhibition Daily Disney: Walt Disney in the Funny Pages to celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Walt Disney Co., founded by Roy and Walt Disney, who grew up…

Mizzou Tigers Football Enjoying A Top Ten Ranked Season

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September 28, 2024 By Fred [email protected] The seventh ranked Mizzou Tigers football team survived their SEC conference opener with a two OT 30-27 win over Vanderbilt. The win improves the Tigers record to 4-0 overall on the season. The victory was earned…

Community Connections Resource Fair

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September 28, 2024 Raytown Quality Schools held a Community Connections Resource Fair last Saturday, Sept. 21. to showcase all of the free resources available to Raytown School District families. Attendees enjoyed a free lunch, refreshments, family activities, giveaways and prizes from local…

High School Boys Soccer Hits Mid Season Point

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September 28, 2024 By Fred [email protected] With the end of September rapidly approaching it means the 2024 high school boys soccer season has hit its midway point. All area teams will play in district tournaments after the regular season ends around October…

Two LSR7 Students Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

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September 28, 2024 Two Lee’s Summit R-7 seniors have been named semifinalists for the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program. Aaditya Jadhav and Ethan Wood, both students at Lee’s Summit West, are two of the 16,000 seniors selected as semifinalists. Semifinalists are chosen…