Lee's Summit Town Hall

You heard it here first. LSR7 Superintendent Dr. David Buck says this year, "School's going to look a lot more like school." With just 7 days left in the summer break, hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury chat with Buck about the upcoming school year and get an idea of what students can expect.

Monday NewsLink: Prepping for a return to school; internships & accolades; & entrepreneurial inspiration

A big congratulations for the Lee's Summit History Museum and its partners for this week's Missouri Bicentennial ice cream social and Nick and Jason take a look at the Lee's Summit R-7 Board of Education's meeting and vote to require masks in grades K-12.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of August 9, 2021. This week's headlines come from Jackson County, the Lee's Summit R-7 School District; Door Systems inc., ABC Preschool, Downtown Lee's Summit Main Street, University of Central Missouri-Lee's Summit and more.

This week, we're talking about a bi-centennial birthday party and starting to put together a picture for what this next school year may look like.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of August 2, 2021. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit, this week's quick headlines come from Lee's Summit Social Services, downtown Lee's Summit and the Lee's Summit R-7 School District.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of July 19, 2021.

The biggest story in town doesn't yet have a conclusion, but that's OK, because the City Council was talking about TIFs this week, so we decided this was a good time to revisit development incentives and how they work.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of July 12, 2021. The Lee's Summit Board of Education is set to make its decision concerning a terminated teacher; Velocity's Pitch Pub Crawl is set for Thursday; sidewalk sale this Saturday in downtown and more.

Lee's Summit Town Hall hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury check in on City Hall and the Lee's Summit R-7 School District.

Hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury discuss last week's public LSR7 Board of Education hearing for terminated teacher Joe Oswald and how the upcoming decision from the Board may impact future policy decisions for the district.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of June 28, 2021. Hosts Nick Parker and Liesl Hays take a quick look at the top headlines and news from the Lee's Summit community as we head into a new week.

In this week's Wednesday episode, hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury preview this evening's public hearing for a terminated teacher before welcoming back Lee's Summit Parks and Recreation administrator Joe Snook to talk about everything parks. Hint: there's a lot going on, including real live music events.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of June 21, 2021 brings you the news and headlines from the Lee's Summit R-7 School District and the City of Lee's Summit.

Hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury take some time to look in on the Lee's Summit School District as it announces its intent to purchase the Paradise Park campus from Jon Ellis, announces schedule changes to adjust for a bus driver shortage and continues to struggle with community members over its equity training program.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of June 14, 2021. Looking ahead for this week, both Velocity Lee's Summit and Downtown Lee's Summit Main Street feature intriguing events.

As everything begins opening back up it feels like we're all rushing around trying to take it all in. On the flip side, it also feels like there's not a lot going on. After a brief vacation, hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury catch us up on the return of local cultural arts happenings and a few other news and notes from around the community. Oh, and a happy birthday wish for the guys' favorite ro...

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of June 7, 2021. Arts events among the signs of a return to normalcy this summer, Public Works & Lee’s Summit CARES announce new directors and the public is invited to participate in middle school boundary discussions for the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District.

Nick and Jason say a difficult, but heartfelt, goodbye to friend and community activist Ashley Nowell before welcoming back Karla Williams for a conversation about the Rally 4 Teens fundraiser benefiting Pro Deo Youth Center.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of May 17, 2021. This week’s headlines come from the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District, Summit Christian Academy, Velocity LS and Lee’s Summit West High School.

In this mid-week episode of the Lee’s Summit Town Hall podcast, Nick Parker and Jason Norbury relish the announcement of a return of the Legacy Park Amphitheater’s summer concert series, make note of the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District’s appeal for public feedback and turn the show over to Lee’s Summit West senior Chidera Okafor for the latest installment of “I’d like you to meet…”

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of May 10, 2021. Headlines for the week come from the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District, the Lee’s Summit Chamber, Summit Christian Academy, Door Systems of Lee’s Summit and the Lee’s Summit Parks and Recreation Department.

Nick and Jason welcome Downtown Lee’s Summit Main Street’s Julie Cook and Velocity Lee’s Summit’s Ashley Smithson to the show for some celebration and conversation. With the Downtown Lee’s Summit Farmers Market set to return to its downtown home this weekend, the group talks about planning the return of other popular events and what the things they’re considering as these and other groups start wo...

Your weekly NewsLink for the week of May 5, 2021. This week’s headlines come from the City of Lee’s Summit, Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council, Lee’s Summit Fire Department and the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District. 

Nick and Jason check in on the Lee's Summit R-7 Board of Education and the Lee's Summit City Council, before making way for Amy Johnson, who kicks off a new segment of the Town Hall podcast where listeners get an opportunity to introduce the community to someone they think we should all know. For more information on the "I'd LIke you to meet..." segment, head to meet.link2leessummit.com.