Elementary school breaks Top 20 in national contest
As of Thursday morning, Our Lady of the Presentation School was holding steady at No. 17.
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Editor’s Note: This is the fourth part in a series on the progress made by the Lee’s Summit 360 Strategic Planning Implementation Committee.
In November, $37.4 million dollars of city improvements are on the line, and Lee’s Summit residents will be asked to cast their votes.
There’s always room for for ice cream
There’s always room for ice cream. OK, I will admit it. I was pretty skeptical of that statement Wednesday morning. I was gearing up for my first challenge since the Polar Bear Plunge into Longview Lake Jan. 30 – hey, I needed a nice long break after that one.
At last week’s Lee’s Summit R-7 School District Board of Education meeting, board members were briefed on the district’s Adequate Yearly Progress updates.
Members of the Helping Hands of the Willing Workers laugh with each other as they begin work on projects like painting faces on painted wooden angels.
Although the 2010 city of Greenwood personal property tax levy won’t be official until the Board of Alderman passes it at its next meeting, residents are likely to see it rise.
Athletes compete in 28th annual Jackson County Triathlon and Duathlon Aug. 22
An accident that caused a vehicle to flip over was caused by the driver apparently falling asleep at the wheel, according to the Lee’s Summit Police Department.
For students at schools in the Lee's Summit R-7 School District, classes began Aug. 18
The Education Jobs and Medicare Assistance Act signed into law last week will include funding for the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District to hire 10 new elementary teachers.
Underwood Elementary fifth grade teacher Lori Merrigan has been named a finalist for Missouri Teacher of the Year.
MoDOT: Interchage to open before rush hour
As of rush hour Thursday, the new Strother Road and I-470 interchange is open. Missouri Department of Transportation and city officials held the official ribbon cutting ceremony for the project Thursday morning.
Body of KC fire fighter found in Longview Lake
Sunday afternoon a group of longtime Kansas City firefighters were spending a relaxing day on the lake together. By 7 p.m., the Missouri Water Patrol, the Kansas City Fire Department and Lee’s Summit Underwater Rescue and Recovery were searching the lake for the body of one of the group.
Presentation students start the school year
The skies overhead were gray and cloudy but the rain held off as 480 students made their way into Our Lady of the Presentation School Tuesday morning.
