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🌱 How will Lee’s Summit fix its overloaded municipal court dockets?
Lees Summit, Missouri Patch AM: a 4 min readHi there, Lee's Summit! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How will Lee’s Summit fix its overloaded municipal court dockets?
- Which Lee’s Summit North grad just earned preseason All-SEC honors?
- How Cleaver’s new research funding could affect Lee’s Summit families
Also on today's calendar: Moonlight Yoga and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Partly sunny and very humid, with a high of 94 and low of 76 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Partly sunny and hot, temps: high: 99, low: 78.
- Monday: Hot with lots of sun, with a high of 99 and low of 75 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Lee's Summit Municipal Court 'drowning' in cases; staff says court's system's outdated (kshb.com) — If you’ve spent hours waiting at Lee’s Summit Municipal Court, staff and judges say they’re feeling that strain too, with dockets reaching up to 800 cases a day. City leaders have ordered an audit, added two staffers, and are weighing more court days and probation officers to cut wait times and improve how cases are handled. 
• Two Mizzou Tigers (one from Lee's Summit) voted to preseason All-SEC 1st-team (kansascity.com) — A former Lee’s Summit North football standout, offensive lineman Cayden Green, has been named to the preseason All-SEC first team, spotlighting local talent on Mizzou’s nationally ranked rushing offense. He’s joined by star running back Ahmad Hardy, who’s returning after a spring shooting injury, as the Tigers gear up for their Sept. 3 season opener in Columbia.
• Congressman Cleaver Celebrates Passage of Amendment to Provide $5 Million for Alpha-Gal Syndrome Research (house.gov) — Lee’s Summit residents are part of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s Fifth District, which just secured a bipartisan amendment adding $5 million for alpha-gal syndrome research in the 2027 defense bill. Cleaver ultimately opposed the bill over unrelated partisan provisions, but says he’ll keep working across the aisle to support national defense, civil rights, and the communities he represents.
📸 Around Lee's Summit
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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lululemon Summer Series | Pilates at lululemon Summit Fair →
lululemon, 910 NW Blue Pkwy Ste G, Lee's Summit
10:30 am
Sunday July 26
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Other local events
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Football Camp
Bernard C. Campbell Middle School Bernard Campbell Middle School - BCMS Field F2 (Fenced)
6:00 pm -
Moonlight Yoga →
Legacy Park Amphitheater, 897 Bluestem, Lee's Summit
9:00 pm -
Lee's Summit Job Fair →
Gamber Community Center, 4 SE Independence Ave, Lee's Summit
12:30 pm -
Football Camp
Bernard C. Campbell Middle School Bernard Campbell Middle School - BCMS Field F2 (Fenced)
6:00 pm -
Adults Night Out →
Summit Waves, 120 SW Blue Pkwy, Lee's Summit
8:00 pm -
Football Camp
Summit Lakes Middle School SLMS Stadium: Track
8:00 am -
Kids Karaoke — Martin City Brewing Company →
Station 7 Tavern, 9418 SW State Rte 7, Lee's Summit
5:00 pm
Tuesday July 28
Wednesday July 29
Thursday July 30
Monday August 3
Tuesday August 4
Monday August 10
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Yoga in the Park
Blue Springs Parks and Recreation Rotary Park - 600 NW Vesper St. Blue Springs MO 64014
9:00 am -
Ice Cream Social
Blue Springs Parks and Recreation Vesper Hall - 400 NW Vesper Street Blue Springs MO 64014
1:00 pm -
X-Mas in July
Blue Springs Parks and Recreation CRCRC - Outdoor Waterpark - 425 NE Mock Avenue Blue Springs MO 64
6:15 pm -
Enchanted Getaway →
Pinot's Palette, 483 NE Coronado Dr, Blue Springs
7:00 pm
Saturday July 25
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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