Lee's Summit Town Hall

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of March 14, 2022. This week's headlines come from Downtown Lee's Summit, the City of Lee's Summit, the Lee's Summit R-7 School District, University of Central Missouri-Lee's Summit and more.

Jose "Beto" Lopez, third-district candidate for Lee's Summit City Council, joins hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury to talk about local issues and his vision for Lee's Summit. The second candidate, Ted Diehl, did not respond to multiple invitations to participate.

It hasn't been much of a secret, but this week's City Council meeting confirmed current Assistant City Manager Mark Dunning will succeed Steve Arbo as the next City Manager in September. A first reading of the hiring agreement was unanimously approved by Council. Jason and Nick take a look and then look at a few upcoming local events.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of March 7, 2022. This week's headlines come from Downtown Lee's Summit, Pro Deo Youth Center, the Lee's Summit R-7 School District and more.

Lorenzo Harrison and John Lovell, second-district candidates for Lee's Summit City Council, join hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury to talk about local issues and their visions for Lee's Summit. The third candidate, Storm Dillenschneider did not respond to multiple invitations to participate until after the process had completed.

Kirk Sonnichsen, first-district candidate for Lee's Summit City Council, joins hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury to talk about local issues and his vision for Lee's Summit.

Mia Prier, first-district candidate for Lee's Summit City Council, joins hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury to talk about local issues and her vision for Lee's Summit.

Hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury wish a special happy birthday to their benevolent sponsor and Robot Shade Overlord before taking a look at a handful of local events and looking ahead to City Council candidate conversations.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of February 28, 2022. This week's headlines come from Downtown Lee's Summit, Lee's Summit Social Services, the Lee's Summit R-7 School District and more.

Hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury review a few news and notes from the community before looking at some conversation starters for the upcoming City Council candidate conversations which begin this Friday. Pro Deo Youth Center's Elaine Metcalf and Karla Williams join the show to preview their big Twisted Trivia fundraiser event set for March 11.

Monday NewsLink: News & notes from local schools, LSFD, local charities and more

Hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury are joined by Larry Anderson, Heather Eslick, Jennifer Foley and Dr. Joseph Yacaginsky to discuss their candidacies for the Lee's Summit R-7 Board of Education. This is the second of two episodes featuring conversations with 7 o the 8 candidates for 2 seats on the ballot. Anne Geanes has not responded to media inquiries and invitations to join the conversation.

Nick and Jason cover some opportunities for residents to participate in City processes and look ahead to a fun charitable fundraiser and the next round of candidate conversations.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of February 14, 2022.

Hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury are joined by 3 of the 8 candidates for two seats on the Lee's Summit R-7 Board of Education in the first of a series of candidate forums for the April municipal election. This week's guests are Mike Allen, Melissa Kelly Foxhoven and Bill Lindsey.

Before candidate conversations begin on Friday, Lee's Summit Town Hall hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury take a look at a few items from Tuesday's City Council meeting, as well as a few other notes from around the community.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of February 7, 2022.

It's cold. It's snowing. We're coming up on the two year mark of the pandemic and many of us, the young and the old, are still struggling with stress and anxieties we just haven't dealt with in the past. Local therapist Kerri Gray comes back to the show for a conversation on the winter blues and some advice for us as we continue to think about how best to help our kids during what continues to be...

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of January 31, 2022.

The annual Lee's Summit Town Hall candidate interviews begin next week. Hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury take a little time to preview those conversations with Lee's Summit Board of Education candidates and offer final opportunities for you to chime in with questions or topics you feel should be presented to the candidates.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of January 24, 2022. This week's news brief comes from Summit Christian Academy, local VFW Post 5789, the Lee's Summit R-7 School District and more.

Nick and Jason are incredibly excited to let you know both the Emerald Isle Parade and Downtown Days festival are both ready for their triumphant return to our community calendars! Also on today's episode, we look at a couple of items from last night's City Council meeting that will help shape future conversations with candidates for both Council and the Mayor's office.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of January 10, 2022.  

After a short holiday hiatus, Lee's Summit Town Hall hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury return to kick off the new year with some updates from inside hall, including one on the Market Plaza project in downtown before offering up another good on ya for support of a local charity and taking a first look at the candidates who have filed for the spring general election.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of January 3, 2022. LSR7 updates its COVID-19 protocols, student musicians capture state and regional honors and we're looking for your input on local issues as we officially enter local elections season.