No analysis from City Hall this week. We aren't talking about next year's local election. Instead, for this holiday week we thought we'd share a simple story and message from the big man himself — Mr. Kriss Kringle. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to each of you. We'll talk to you all, next  year.

Nick and Jason review a recent joint meeting between the City Council and the LSR7 Board of Education, look at the agenda for an upcoming BOE meeting and offer up some of their holiday wishes for the Lee's Summit community.

We've got a full episode for you this week. We're offering up some "good on ya's" for efforts to support a local charity; we review the slate of candidates filing for local office and go over some updates on happenings at City Hall.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of December 6, 2021.

Nick and Jason are back from their Thanksgiving break and ready to celebrate Santa's return on Friday night, before covering a bit of news from around the city and taking some time to honor Hillcrest Transitional Housing's Cotton Sivils, who has retired after leading the organization for 18 years.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of November 29, 2021. Today's headlines come from downtown Lee's Summit, Hillcrest Transitional Housing, the Kansas City Chiefs, UCM-Lee's Summit and more.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of November 22, 2021. This week's headlines come from Summit Christian Academy, Lee's Summit R-7 School District, Lee's Summit CARES, and Downtown Lee's Summit.

The Mayor's Tree Lighting event is back this year and the switch gets flipped in downtown on Friday night. In other news, Nick and Jason await this week's LSR7 Board of Education's discussion about masking and take a quick look ahead to next spring's local election. Filing for the board of education, city council and the mayoral race is less than one month away.

This week, the Lee's Summit City Council unanimously passed a resolution telling the Jackson County Legislature it would like them to end the county-wide mask mandate. Why now? And what does this resolution actually mean? Jason and Nick have questions for the members seated at the dais.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of November 8, 2021. This week focuses on recognition for local sports teams from Lee's Summit, Lee's Summit North, Lee's Summit West, Blue Springs South, St. Michael the Archangel and Summit Christian Academy high schools.