City News

Lee’s Summit Mayor Bill Baird has selected longtime public servant Bob Johnson as the City’s 2025 recipient of the Missouri Municipal League’s Civic Leadership Award, recognizing his decades of service and commitment to improving the community through civic engagement. The award will be presented at the West Gate Civic Leadership Awards Banquet on Oct. 23 at the Adams Pointe Conference Center in Blue Springs.

Utility work along Southwest Fourth Street between Southwest Jefferson and Southwest Market streets requires the closure of the alley between Southwest Fourth and Southwest Fifth streets beginning Wednesday, October 15. A utility contractor will be installing a gas main as well as abandoning a portion, and work is permitted through the end of November.

 

 

Sections of Southwest Oldham Parkway and Southwest Jefferson Street (in green on the map below) have been partially open, but will fully close again on Monday, Oct. 13, for approximately one month. The detour ties in with the existing detour for the closure of Southwest Oldham Parkway between Southwest Allendale Boulevard and the Southwest Oldham Parkway exit from Route 291.

 

 

A section of southbound Northeast Douglas Street between Northeast Orchard Street and Northeast Forest Avenue is set to close daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning Friday, Oct. 10, and will last for approximately two weeks. The closure is necessary for the installation of a gas main.

A structure fire on Thursday, October 2, 2025, caused extensive damage to a home in the 100 block of NE Maple Street. The Lee's Summit Fire Department responded at 5:14 p.m. after multiple people driving by reported smoke coming from the roof vents of the residence. The occupant of the home also called 911 to report the fire. Upon arrival, firefighters observed smoke and flames visible from the back and roof of the single-story house. All occupants were safe...