Merlin (Moe) E. Keller
Moe Keller of Kansas City, Mo passed away on October 22, 2024. There is so much that can be said about a great man who lived to be 84. We just wanted to say a few short things about my dad. He…
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Paul Harrison Phillips
Paul Harrison Phillips, age 35, formerly of Lee’s Summit, passed away October 19, 2024, at RUSH University Medical Center in Chicago, IL. He was born April 05, 1989, in Kansas City, MO, to Terry and Susan (Tarwater) Phillips. He was a 2007…
Virgil Lee Fox
Virgil Lee Fox was born in Rockville, MO on March 16th, 1931, to Walter Fox and Augusta Fischer Fox. He graduated from Rockville High School in 1949 where he lettered four years in basketball and two years in softball. Virgil enlisted in…
Finding Treasures At The Lee’s Summit History Museum
October 26, 2024 Museum volunteers inventory donated items each week. Sometimes they uncover unexpected treasures. That was the case last week when one of the museum volunteers uncovered three Series E U.S. Savings Bonds. The bonds were identified as War Savings Bonds…
Lee’s Summit City Council Meeting
October 26, 2024 The Lee’s Summit City Council met October 22 to discuss these issues. Amtrak ADA Station ImprovementsCouncil moved to second reading an ordinance authorizing the execution of a consent letter with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for ADA station…
What I REID Into It
October 26, 2024 By Fred [email protected] Last week the Kansas City Chiefs enjoyed a Super Bowl 58 rematch against the San Francisco 49ers and this week get to play at the site of Super Bowl 58 Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The…
High School Volleyball District Tourney Preview
October 26, 2024 By Fred [email protected] The St. Michael’s Guardians opened district play on Tuesday, Oct. 22 when they swept the Ruskin Eagles in three sets. The Guardians entered post-season play at 21-3 and as the number two seed in the Class…
Pleasant Hill Animal Shelter Donation Campaign
October 26, 2024 Sydney Smith, age 11, Lone Jack, has begun a donation campaign for the Pleasant Hill Animal Shelter as an ongoing community involvement project. She calls it “Sydney 4 Dogs.” As she accumulates items, she and her family will donate…
Rip Van Winkle Story Revised
October 26, 2024 By Dan W. Hall, CAE (Author’s note: “Rip Van Winkle” is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, According to the story It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious…
Summit Christian Academy Sophomore Wins Congressional District Art Competition
October 26, 2024 Summit Christian Academy (SCA) is pleased to announce that sophomore Ruisi (Christine) Xiong was the winner of the United States’ fifth Congressional District Art Competition 2024. This was SCA’s first year to have a student win the competition. Each…