Lee’s Summit animal lover Alyssa Severn has found homes or long-term foster care for nearly 100 dogs in just over a year. She relies on a network of rescue groups, shelters and foster families.
“Owl Prowl” event at Lee’s Summit library gives audience a firsthand look at a Eurasian eagle-owl named Swoop and a wealth of wisdom about the birds. Wings of Love presented the event.
Students from Summit Technology Academy in Lee’s Summit have refurbished a number of donated computers to give to families in need through the KC for Refugees and Immigrants program.
The city of Lee’s Summit has agreed to buy the Longview Recreation Center from Metropolitan Community College. The purchase will provide a fitness center for west side residents. The center will be renovated.
Three Lee’s Summit high schools join You Be You, a teen mental health campaign sponsored by Jewish Family Services. Also: a Sunset Valley Elementary sixth-grader attended Fuel Up to Play 60 national conference.
Lee’s Summit artist Ivey Zoellers, whose exhibit “Flock Together” will run through Oct. 12 at City Hall, shares her passion for painting and birds as a teacher at Got Art Gallery on Third.
The city of Lee’s Summit is offering financial help for first-time homebuyers of as much as $3,000 to help with closing costs and down payments. Also: Bridge Space coworking space launch party is Sept. 5.
Air Force Junior Reserve cadets from Lee’s Summit earn pilot licenses at Air Force Flight Academy program. Jackson County Health Department offers student immunizations. School bus routes online.
A 55-year-old man from Harrisonville, Missouri, died after a car struck a motorcycle he was driving on Interstate 470 in Lee’s Summit, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.
Lee’s Summit Public Works will overlay and surface seal 83.5 lane miles of roadway, replace 12 miles of curbs and doing crack repairs on 49 lane miles of streets between now and October.
Lee’s Summit North High Schools students attended the National Student Leadership Summit in Indianapolis. Also: Lee’s Summit High School will hold a mattress sale Aug. 18 to benefit the band.
With all but two starters back from last year’s conference and district champions, Lee’s Summit prepares ready for another run at the Class 4 final four.
Lee’s Summit West girls track and cross country coach Jesse Griffin was selected National High School Girls’ Track and Field Coach of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association.
One person died and two others were injured after a car went off the road and struck a tree near Southeast Shenandoah Drive and Southeast Kimbrough Lane early Wednesday, April 18, 2018.
