LSR7 English Teacher Named Missouri State Teacher Of The Year

LSR7 English Teacher Named Missouri State Teacher Of The Year

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September 14, 2024 On Thursday, Sept. 12, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announced the 2025 Missouri State Teacher of the Year is Ms. Jennifer Jones, a Communication Arts educator at Lee’s Summit West High School. Jones has been…

Patterson Readies For Speaker Role

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September 14, 2024 Missouri lawmakers officially concluded the 2024 legislative session with their annual veto session. Barring any unforeseen events, legislators will return in January to begin the 2025 legislative session. State Rep. Jon Patterson (R-Lee’s Summit) looked back this week after…

Former Lee’s Summit Tiger Star Holds Key USA Soccer Position

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September 14, 2024 By Fred [email protected] A friendly match between the USA Men’s Soccer Team and Canada played on September 7 in Kansas City helped bring attention to the team and to the host city. Canada won the match 2-1 but for…

St. Paul’s Celebrates Sacred Harp Music

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September 14, 2024 In the American South prior to the Civil War many homes had only two books; a Bible and an oblong hymnal of sacred American folk music that has come to be known as songs for “shaped-note” singing or music…

Lone Jack Author Publishes Fourth Children’s Book

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September 14, 2024 “Holidays in Trees: Christmastide (Volume 4),” a new children’s book by Cammy Marble, will be released by Atmosphere Press on September 17, 2024. “Cammy Marble’s “Holidays in Trees” books are a wonderful way for children and their families to…

Highly Ranked UCM Mules Football Team Lineup Has Lee’s Summit Ties

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September 14, 2024 By Fred [email protected] The 2024 Central Missouri Mules football team is coming off from an 11-2 season that saw them finish as co-MIAA Champions with Pittsburg State. The Mules return a wealth of talent from the 2023 team and…

Lee’s Summit Police Launch New Citizen Engagement And Feedback Software

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September 14, 2024 Residents of Lee’s Summit will be among the first in the state of Missouri to use new software to better connect with the citizens that they serve. The Lee’s Summit Police Department is launching a new citizen satisfaction and…

Archery Deer Season Update

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September 14, 2024 By Jobe EdwardsMissouri Department of Conservation Conservation Agent – Jackson County For some Missourians, September marks one of the most wonderful times of the year, and that is the start of the archery deer season. For many, archery deer…

Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center Hosts Small Wonders: Insects In Focus

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September 14, 2024 By Maddie Fennewald In the air, water, and even under foot, insects inhabit every domain of our daily lives, performing essential functions that balance our fragile ecosystem on earth. By using cutting-edge technology and custom methods, artist Bob Sober…

America Is Truly Special

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September 14, 2024 By Dan W. Hall On one of my visits to Prague, Czechoslovakia, I learned that General Patton’s forces had reached Prague prior to the Russians. Also, the Nazi Germans, even knowing they had been defeated by Patton, just prior…