Your Monday NewsLink for the week of October 12, 2020. PSAT scores and student journalism earns a string of awards for students in the LSR7 School district. Downtown Lee's Summit hosts a virtual costume contest; Arts& Culture Week continues and COVID-19 forces a temporary closure.

Hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury pass along some local news & notes before taking a look at what's on the ballot for November and then offering some final bits to help ease some confusion for those voting absentee or by mail in this election.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of October 5, 2020. The Lee's Summit R-7 School District moves to a hybrid plan, UCM offering adult job training courses, Lee's Summit CARES offers support for parents and families & the Lee's Summit Arts Council and Lee's Summit Tourism launch the inaugural LS Arts + Culture week celebration this Friday.

Glenda Masters drops by the studio to preview a new community event, Arts + Culture Week, set to run October 9-18. Yeah, we'll tease her a bit for having a week-long event run for 9 days. But Glenda's got a plan an is on a mission to celebrate all things arts in Lee's Summit.

Nick and Jason take a look at the Lee's Summit R-7 School district's move from virtual to a hybrid learning model and the City puts out an RFQ to begin its search for a development partner on the Green Street plan.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of September 28, 2020. This week's headlines include news and events from the City of Lee's Summit, Lee's Summit R-7 School District, Velocity Lee's Summit, Lee's Summit Chamber, Economic Development Council, Downtown Main Street, and Lee's Summit High School.

Lee's Summit's first Arts & Culture week is just a couple of weeks away, so Nick thought it would be a good idea to start spotlighting some of the people creating art in our community. Joining him for this week's conversation is Lee's Summit resident and creator behind beeuniquecreate, Hollie Stuhlman Couch.

Branch manager Seth Moses joins hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury to talk about Lee's Summit's new East Branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library system, the ongoing construction at the Colbern Road branch and what may be in store for the Lee's Summit branch. Oh, and Seth apparently likes spooky books. He has some recommendations for you.

Your Monday NewsLink for the week of September 21, 2020 offers news and notes from Velocity Lee's Summit, Lee's Summit Chamber, Downtown Lee's Summit Main Street, Lee's Summit Economic Development Council, Lee's Summit R-7 Schools, Lee's Summit Fire Department, and Lee's Summit CARES.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Local family therapist Kerri Gray and ReDiscover's Suicide Prevention Program Coordinator Kirsti Millar join hosts Nick Parker and Jason Norbury for in important conversation on risk factors, warning signs and how to talk with our family, friends and neighbors about these hard, but necessary topics.

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• Local Crisis line: 1-888-279-8188