LSR7 School Board Candidates And Missouri Ethics Commission Violations

LSR7 School Board Candidates And Missouri Ethics Commission Violations

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March 2, 2024 Rodrick Sparks (current LSR7 Board President and candidate for re-election) and Juanice Williams (candidate for LSR7 school board) filed their “40 Days Before Election” with the Missouri Ethics Commission on the same date, Feb. 22, 2024. These regularly required…

Wrestling Team’s First State Champion

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March 2, 2024 By Talia Evans Lee’s Summit North senior Charlie Dykes won the state championship in wrestling, making him the first Bronco to ever take first in the competition. He placed first in Boys Class 4, 126 lb. Lee’s Summit athletes…

Statement on Gov. Parson’s commutation of Britt Reid’s prison sentence

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March 2, 2024 Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker issued the following statement today: I believed that the court’s sentence of 3 years imprisonment for Britt Reid was a just sentence. Leaving the courtroom, I believed that the interests of justice were…

Donations For The families Of Police Officer And Civil Process Server Accepted At Price Chopper

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March 2, 2024 — Price Chopper area stores will collect donations to help support the families of Independence Police Officer Cody Allen and Jackson County Civil Process Server Drexel Mack, both of whom were killed this week while serving an eviction notice.…

Candidate For Lee’s Summit Judge

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March 2, 2024 Submitted by Venessa Maxwell-Lopez Venessa graduated with her Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Law in 1991. While still in law school, Venessa started her legal career interning at the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office.…

Trish Carlyle Announces Lee’s Summit City Council Re-Election Bid

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March 2, 2024 Submitted by Trish Carlyle Former Lee’s Summit City Councilwoman, Trish Carlyle, announced her intention to run for re-election as councilperson representing the city’s second district on the City Council. Carlyle who was first elected to the City Council in…

Juanice Williams Launches Campaign For Lee’s Summit Board Of Education, Advocating For A Family-First Approach

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March 2, 2024 Submitted by Juanice Williams Juanice Williams, a dedicated advocate for public education and a long-time resident of Lee’s Summit school district, proudly announces her candidacy for the Lee’s Summit Board of Education. With a strong Family First perspective, Williams…

Hope House Partners With Kansas City Golden Gloves And Former Professional Female Boxer Christy Martin For Joint Fundraiser

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March 2, 2024 Hope House, a domestic violence agency in Eastern Jackson County, Missouri, has partnered with local boxing nonprofit, KC Golden Gloves to host the second annual In Your Corner for Hope amateur boxing fundraiser. The event was held last year…

Lee’s Summit R-7 School District Appoints New Principal Of Lee’s Summit High School

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March 2, 2024 During the February 22, 2024 board meeting, the Lee’s Summit R-7 Board of Education approved the employment of a new principal at Lee’s Summit High School. Nathan Muckey will begin his duties as principal starting on July 1, 2024…

KCZoo Mourning Beloved California Sea Lion

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March 2, 2024 From the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium It is with great sadness that the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium reports one of its female California sea lions, Tamale, died on February 24 at age 11, likely due to leptospirosis…