Lee's Summit Tribune

Voter ID ensures one voice, one vote

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:02:00 -0600

America has evolved quite drastically from its original voting restrictions, which allowed only white males to vote. In 1870, the 15th amendment allowed former slaves to cast a ballot. In 1920, women were allowed to participate, and in 1924, Native Americans were added to the list. The most recent changes occurred in 1970, when the voting age...

Speed humps halt important traffic

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:42:00 -0600

I want to relay what I observed last Saturday night around 10 p.m. and again this afternoon around 4:30 p.m. Fire trucks slowed to almost nothing to safely get over these humps, six humps in total. All of the trucks I am referring to had on their red lights. The two from this afternoon and the police car that also responded had on their sirens...

Autism service dog Haley helps Adrianna succeed in a Lee's Summit classroom

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:16:00 -0600

�It�s not contagious and I can�t give it to other kids,� Adrianna said. �It is something I was born with. Our brains don�t work like other peoples. My brain gets scrambled a lot and I have a hard time doing what people ask me to do. My brain will tell me to do something and I don�t want to, but I do it because it gets all scrambled up. I don�t...

Lee�s Summit Police conduct alcohol sales enforcement

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:07:00 -0600

On Tuesday, January 31st, the Lee�s Summit Police Department conducted its quarterly liquor control �sting� operation within the city. The operation targeted retail establishments responsible for following municipal and state law regarding the sale of alcohol to minors. A total of twenty-five businesses were checked, with six clerks being cited...

Structure Fire, 1301 NE Magnolia Street, Lee's Summit

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:02:00 -0600

Vehicle fire in the garage damages home

Belle Toffee company still uses 1930s recipe

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:26:00 -0600

From their home in Lee�s Summit, Marak said he and his wife began making the candy to give as Christmas gifts, and likens it to greeting cards.

Candy downtown Lee's Summit during Chocolate Crawl

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:21:00 -0600

Downtown Lee�s Summit Main Street is hosting its fifth annual Chocolate Crawl from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, in Downtown Lee�s Summit, Mo.

Freddie (Fred) Eugene Manley

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:54:00 -0600

Fred passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on January 31st, 2012
at the age of 67 in North Kansas City.

Senator Rick Santorum will hold a rally in Lee�s Summit on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:35:00 -0600

Senator Santorum will hold a rally in Lee�s Summit, MO.

Changes Made in Procedures for licensing Motor Scooters and Mopeds in Lee's Summit

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:47:00 -0600

The City of Lee's Summit is currently reviewing the ordinances covering the licensing of motorized scooters and mopeds. Under the current ordinance, owners of scooters and mopeds were required to license them as motorcycles with the State of Missouri.