Lee's Summit

Previous boundary changes have been contentious in the suburban school district, but Lee's Summit has been renovating old buildings to make facilities more equitable across the district.

A lot of kids aren't meeting grade-level expectations after a year of interruptions. Here's how the Lee's Summit, North Kansas City and Kearney school districts are addressing COVID-19 learning loss.

The CDC says masking should continue in schools through the end of the term. But school districts like Lee's Summit and Blue Springs have already ended their mask mandates, prompting some parents to pull their kids from class.

Rep. Rick Roeber would be only the second lawmaker ever expelled from the House

Unlike the last time local governments got federal relief funding, cities and towns will receive direct aid from the federal government. The new approach could ease political tensions and budgetary woes.

Lee’s Summit asked elementary teachers to wait until after the inauguration to share clips with their classes. Blue Valley suggested it might be better if students watched at home with their families.

Despite taking recommended federal precautions to address COVID-19, the skilled nursing facility had a surge in cases, mirroring the surge in metropolitan Kansas City.

How reparations could be a savvy economic policy in Kansas City, and medical marijuana debuts in the Kansas City area.

Lines were long when the Kansas City area's first medical marijuana dispensary opened to hundreds of customers this week. Ultimately, Missouri will have 192 shops.

The at-home test has come on the market as a third surge of coronavirus infections has spread across the country.

CoreMedica Laboratories was one of several diagnostic companies that received warnings from the FDA in July stating it offered unauthorized COVID-19 testing services.

Lee's Summit is on its third superintendent in four years, and teachers are worried that turnover at the top will keep their concerns about re-entry from being heard.