Lee's Summit Town Hall

Jeff Driskill has spent his life in the world of sports. He played football in high school, then at the NCAA Division I level. He played semi-pro (where he won a Super Bowl ring!) and went on to be a collegiate head coach... And then he went into sales. But here's the thing about this local resident who now coaches high school football players, sales professionals and business executives alike, it...

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of January 23, 2023. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit.  

It's a proven fact, when a Neil Diamond song starts playing everybody — and I mean everybody — sings along. The world's love affair with the music of the legendary singer has led to wild and crazy career for this resident of Lee's Summit. At an early age, Theron Denson was told his singing voice sounded a lot like Diamond, and for the past 22 years he's toured the country entertaining the masses w...

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of January 16, 2023. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of January 16, 2023. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit.

Diana and Allen Rendell drop by the studio to talk about their love of art and how they're using their downtown Lee's Summit-based nonprofit business, Art School KC, as a means to help grow the arts in our community.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of January 9, 2023. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit. This week's headlines come from UCM-Lee's Summit, the Lee's Summit R-7 School District and Downtown Lee's Summit Main Street, inc.

Yeah, you read that right. Student journalism students from Lee's Summit West recently spent a day at Lee's Summit Town Hall's Bridge Space studio learning about podcasting and interview techniques. In this final episode before Christmas we thought it was a good idea to bring you one of the student interviews with local business owner Dave Eames. In the coming weeks, we'll try and share some of th...

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of December 19, 2022. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit.

Once upon a time, Courtney Stoddard wanted to have a pub crawl in her hometown's downtown district. Nine years later, her little Christmas wish has grown into one of the metro's most popular events and has raised more than $100,000 for Hope House. This year, her goal was to add another $30,000 to that tally and she is oh-so-close. Listen in as she joins hosts Nick Parker and Liesl Hays to preview...

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of December 12, 2022. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit.

Musician, teacher and all-around good egg, Shawn Harrel joins the show (and brings along some students) talk about an upcoming jazz concert and the work his digital media students are doing in the community. In fact, Nick and Liesl didn't do anything for this show except talk. The episode was recorded at Summit Technology Academy by a team of Harrel's students. Harrel was joined on air by senior s...

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of December 5, 2022. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit.

We missed our chance last year, but Santa returns to the Lee's Summit Town Hall podcast today for a visit with hosts Nick Parker and Liesl Hays. During the show, he talks about his favorite snacks, negotiating with the elves' union and favorite Christmas memories. And don't forget to listen for some great upcoming photo opportunities with the big man!

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of November 21, 2022. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit.

Ok, we're not meeting the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight. But, we are talking about the official launch of the holiday season in Lee's Summit. Downtown Lee's Summit Main Street's Jenny Gale drops by the studio to preview this Friday's Mayor's Tree Lighting ceremony and next week's Small Business Saturday shopping event. Oh, and an important question is posed — Are boneless wings really wings? 

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of November 14, 2022. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit. This week's headlines come from Downtown Lee's Summit, UCM-Lee's Summit, Summit Christian Academy and more.

Amy Johnson, from the Noticed Network and I Am Noticed, returns to the show on Liesl Hays' first episode as the new permanent cohost for Lee's Summit Town Hall. As we enter the holiday season, we thought it was a good time to catch up with Amy and her business and have a conversation about getting real with positive thinking and keeping it an authentic part of our lives. You can connect with Amy a...

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of November 7, 2022. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit.

Really, could there be a more fitting way for Jason Norbury to have his final episode the podcast? For his farewell show, we welcome back our inaugural interview guest, the man who helped start this entire endeavor, owner of Fossil Forge and Local Founder, Dave Eames. Also fittingly, we experienced weird but debilitating technical issues and lost half the interview Dave. But that's OK. We still ha...

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of October 31, 2022. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit. This week we look at City Council's efforts to re-organize civic commissions, check out a new business opening and the Lee's Summit Fire Department's groundbreaking ceremonies for two new stations.

After six years of conversations about the community, Lee's Summit Town Hall Jason Norbury is moving on to a new opportunity in a neighboring city. So, in his penultimate episode, he asked to bring back a favorite guest, Lee's Summit Social Services Executive Director Matt Sanning, for one more interview about an organization working for the betterment of Lee's Summit.

At long last, hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury get an in-studio conversation with Lee's Summit R-7 School District Superintendent Dr. David Buck. Because of the pandemic previous episodes were recorded over video calls, but this week, Dr. Buck drops by to talk about new programs, construction updates and a look to the future.

Hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury recap a couple of news items and preview some weekend events before welcoming in a very special guest. That's right, one of our Robot Shade Overlords, Courtney Stoddard Laufketter, joins the show to talk about next month's Feed Lee's Summit charity event sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Lee's Summit and benefitting, Lee's Summit Social Services, One Good Meal, M...

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of October 10, 2022. Each week, we'll take a few minutes to give you the news, happenings, and events around Lee's Summit. This week's headlines come from City Of Lee's Summit, downtown Lee's Summit, Lee's Summit Fire Department, Bridge Space Lee's Summit, Coldwater of Lee's Summit, Lee's Summit Jazz Orchestra and Developing Potential, Inc.