Subject: Lee's Summit

• The Supernauts' Final Show?

  June 19, 2007

• McFadden-Weaver Found Guilty

  August 16, 2007

• Lee's Summit Mom Sues Plastics Makers

  April 30, 2008

• Wayward teachers, EMTs and Peruvians brighten the day

  The U.S. Attorney's office in western Missouri issues press releases describing recent indictments and sentencings. Yesterday, for instance, came word that a 22-year-old Kansas City, Missouri, man had been charged with carjacking.Occasionally, the press office takes the time to describe the accused by their profession (or their crime, if successfully prosecuted). So instead of simply saying that a Lee's Summit man received 15 years for receiving kiddie porn, the press release will indicate that

  December 4, 2008

• Best Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Shop

  October 17, 2002

• Best Place to Fill a Prescription, Restock Ammo and Rebuild the Model Train Set

  October 17, 2002

• Going, Gone

  January 2, 2003

• Pub Luv

  June 5, 2003

• Best Community-Spirited Bar

  October 9, 2003

• Strange as Angels

  December 2, 2004

• Man stole truck to make court date, police say

  The Green Summit Dispatch reported that the 18-year-old Benton L. Ross allegedly stole Dodge trucks from Lee's Summit, Greenwood and Kansas City. But he had a good reason; he had an important place to be.By his statements Ross would steal trucks because he didn't have one, didn't trust others for rides and needed to make a scheduled court date.Definitely don't want to miss that court date. Hat tip to Erin in the Real World.

  March 3, 2009

• Rainy days, Mondays, sorbet...

  What I've got they used to call the blues...wait a minute, isn't that a lyric from an old Carpenters song called Rainy Days and Mondays? Anyway, the other day, I was walking around Lee's Summit -- no, not like some "kind of lonely clown," will someone please get these song lyrics out of my head?) -- and peeking through storefront windows and passing by Poppy's Ice Cream and Coffee House at 307 S.E. Douglas. Friends of mine swear that Poppy's serves the best freshly made ice cream on the Eas

  April 13, 2009

• First Lights

  November 13, 2008

• Go Fly a Kite!

  April 16, 2009

• Letters From the Week of July 24

  July 24, 2008

• Angry parents say the Lee’s Summit School District leaves its autistic students behind

  July 10, 2008

• BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE

  July 3, 2008

• Smoke Scream

  March 27, 2008

• Hot Looks

  March 20, 2008

• Rib on Rail

  With real barbecue at Beauchamp's on the Rail, downtown Lee’s Summit is on a roll.

  March 20, 2008

• Night & Day Events

  Week of September 27, 2001

  September 27, 2001

• Cork in the Road

  With the Cork & Grille, Lee's Summit tries to correct its bad mojo.

  May 9, 2002

• Egg Roll Poll

  Here's the latest on a tough election to determine the country's top Chinese restaurants.

  September 20, 2007

• Cheap Beaches

  August 30, 2007

• DJ Pure

  July 5, 2007

• Stupid, Stupid Mom

  April 26, 2007

• Underground Irish

  There's a basement full of butt-shaking way out east.

  March 23, 2006

• Braata promises the sounds, smells and feels of the Caribbean but has a way to go

  April 23, 2009

• Buzzkill!

  As auditors try to figure out how Jackson County spends its anti-drug money, perhaps an investigator should ask a kid..

  September 2, 2004

• Old Schoolers

  Don't call it a comeback

  April 15, 2004

• In the Haus

  A Missouri winery embodies leisure.

  August 21, 2003

• Museum Raid

  We know what kids like.

  July 24, 2003

• Petticoat Junction

  A former "biker bar" gets the ultimate ladylike makeover in Lee's Summit.

  May 1, 2003

• Horse Sense

  Loula’s jockeys for a bit of star power in Lee’s Summit.

  October 4, 2001

• Best Lasagna

  Tuscany Manor

  October 19, 2000

• Union members take a stand against TIF in Lee’s Summit

  May 28, 2009

• Jammin' for Chuck

  May 28, 2009

• The Bombay Palace is palatial enough for Lee’s Summit

  June 11, 2009

• Free Wheelin'

  June 11, 2009

• Pizza with a Side of Folk

  June 11, 2009

• Booms and Blooms

  July 2, 2009

• Workers to protest more abundant paychecks

  Working Americans have a few opportunities to express confused outrage at the government this holiday weekend. Tomorrow at 1 p.m., a freedom rally/tea party will be held at the Center for God, Family and Country in Lee's Summit. On July 4 at 9 a.m., a rally for responsibility will take place along Highway 45 in Parkville.The tea parties staged across the U.S. on April 15 protested government spending, particularly the $789-billion stimulus package. Of course, the "taxed enough already" crowd mig

  July 2, 2009

• Put the Fun in Funnel Cake

  July 30, 2009

• Saturday morning's protest: Coffee and crabbiness with Cleaver in Lee's Summit

  Lee's Summit hadn't seen this much excitement since the last Sarah Palin rally. By 8 a.m. Saturday, hundreds of people were gathered outside JP Coffee, spoiling for a health-care fight. Everyone was taking pictures of everyone else -- with cell phones, small digital cameras, big video setups. At least one "documentary filmmaker" roamed the crowd with his 14-year-old daughter. Lots of people claimed they'd shown up for what they thought was supposed to be a town hall meeting, which was bullcrap,

  August 10, 2009

• Eddie Adel takes a gamble with R.A. Long’s Sawmill – and builds something unique

  August 20, 2009

• Pizza Ride

  August 27, 2009

• Lift accident victims identified

  ​Kansas City police released the names of victims of yesterday's industrial accident at the construction site of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Police say 35-year-old Ryan Goodman of Lee's Summit died after the cherry-picker lift he was in tipped over. Goodman was reportedly 50 feet in the air.Police say 30-year-old Shane Wagener of Grain Valley is in serious but stable condition. There are still no answers to why the lift collapsed.

  November 11, 2009

• Meth-moving biker gets prison time

  ​William "Muff" Eneff, 59, of Lee's Summit was sentenced yesterday to seven years without parole in federal prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of meth between January 1, 2002, and May 31, 2007.According to a release from U.S. Attorney Matt J. Whitworth, Eneff was released from prison in 2005. He admitted to re-upping with the El Forastero and paying dues, which go toward purchasing a bag full o' drugs for "runs."Eneff is the sixth co-defendant to plead guilty an

  December 23, 2009

• Archer premieres tonight on FX

  ​If you miss Adult Swim's Frisky Dingo (Killface for president!), tune in tonight at 9 to FX's new 3-D spy toon series Archer. The show's from the same guys -- Adam Reed and Matt Thompson -- that created the bizarre but hilarious superhero spoof (as well as Sealab 2021). Good piece in today's Preview section from the Star's Aaron Barnhart detailing the work of Lee's Summit's Trinity Animation, which created the 3-D sets on Archer. Yes, the toon has 3-D sets. It''s going to be sweet. If you nee

  January 14, 2010

• Plenty of wine tastings to attend

  ​Your palate can get quite a workout over the next 48 hours with plenty of wine tastings scheduled around the metro area. There's a free wine tasting at the Red X in Riverside tonight from 5 to 7. With an abundance of wines to taste, this will be the most fun you've had at the grocery store in a while. It's also an easy chance to walk out with a decent bottle of wine for under $10. The tasting is in the Liquid Bronze room and you'll want to enter through the east entrance. ODV (Eau de vie) is

  February 11, 2010