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.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of November 1, 2021. This week's headlines come from the City of Lee's Summit, Downtown Lee's Summit Main Street, the University of Central Missouri and guest columnist, John Beaudoin.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of October 25, 2021. This week's headlines come from the City of Lee's Summit, Downtown Lee's Summit, the Lee's Summit R-7 School District, UCM-Lee's Summit and more.

Summit Theatre Group's Ginger Birch joins Nick and Jason in the studio to talk about the local company's participation in this weekend's Downtown Haunted & Historic Spaces Tours, as well as the group's upcoming productions and newly opened studio space.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of October 11, 2021. This week's headlines come from Lee's Summit Parks & Recreation, Girl Scout Troop 3642, Downtown Lee's Summit Main Street, the University of Central Missouri-Lee's Summit and University Health.

Glenda Masters, Cultural Arts Manager for the City of Lee's Summit, drops by the studio to talk with Nick and Jason about Lee's Summit Arts Week, which begins Friday. 

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of October 4, 2021. This week's headlines come from the City of Lee's Summit, Lee's Summit Fire Department, Downtown Lee's Summit Main Street, Summit Christian Academy and the University of Central Missouri-Lee's Summit.

As we move into the final quarter of 2021, one bright spot as been the return of regularly scheduled community events. Last week's Oktoberfest, put on by the Lee's Summit Chamber, marked a successful return of festivals. And now that fall is officially here, Nick and Jason talk about some of the other beloved community-wide events on the calendar.