We Are Not That Fragile

By Ron Freeman Recently LSR7 School Board member Bill Haley supported the district by sponsoring a table at Lee’s Summit Education Foundation event. The theme of his table was “Redneck Lives Matter.”   To give definition to the signage there is a sentence…

Melissa Lynn Doyle

Melissa Lynn Doyle November 17, 1974 – August 18, 2024 of Lee’s Summit, Missouri passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by friends and family, at 7:15 PM on Sunday, August 18, 2024 after a seven-year battle with head and neck cancer. She…

Larry Eugene Little

Larry Eugene Little, 74, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri passed away on August 13, 2024.  He was born on July 22, 1950, in Newport, Arkansas.  After his family moved to Missouri, Larry attended Lee’s Summit schools, graduating from Lee’s Summit Senior High School…

Redneck Renegades

One of Lee’s Summit’s newest School Board Members, Bill Haley, gives an exclusive interview to the Lee’s Summit Tribune. Lee’s Summit Tribune Staff sat down with Mr. Haley in response to the social media criticism he is receiving from a group of…

Valmeta E. Jones

Valmeta E. Jones, 93, of Independence, Missouri passed away on August 16, 2024. She was born on September 4, 1930, in Sedalia, Missouri. She had anything other than a traditional life. In a post-depression era, she was apprenticed out to help meet family…