Greenwood News

The Greenwood Board of Aldermen's failure to appoint a fourth member to the board has again cost them a meeting.Alderman Jim Van Acker attended the closed portion of the meeting to discuss the city's 2008-09 audit, but then left the meeting for personal reasons.

Victory Soccer Camp, a nondenominational athletic camp for elementary students, filed a lawsuit last week against the Lee's Summit R-7 School District for an alleged violation of constitutional rights.According to court documents, VSC claims the R-7 School District discriminated against it because the district would not allow fliers advertising the ...

Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders has released details of a 144-mile Kansas City area regional rail system.

A Greenwood, Mo., police officer is on leave because of a theft incident that got him fired from his job as a police officer in Claycomo.

The family and friends of a teen killed in an auto accident Friday showed up in droves at a memorial Sunday.

One person was killed in an accident at Highway 150 and Smart in Greenwood, Mo., on Sept.

It all started with a lesson in economics - specifically the economic stimulus package.

Department of Public Safety troopers seized 147 pounds of marijuana and more than $415,000 during Interstate 40 traffic stops Monday.

The problemJack Lipscomb of Greenwood was taken aback when he saw a city limit sign at Missouri 150 and Missouri 7, indicating that Pleasant Hill might be a mile north of where Lipscomb thought it was.

Just four months into her latest term and less than a week after she voted to oust public works director Ryan Hunt, Greenwood Board of Aldermen Ward I representative Denise Simpson has resigned her post.Simpson has not yet returned calls by the Lee's Summit Journal seeking comment, but in a letter she turned in to city clerk Tammy Woolford, she ...

" Monkey Island is now home to four alligators. The alligators were rescued from California.

Monkey Island operator Dana Savorelli brought in four alligators to the exotic animal sanctuary in Greenwood, Mo.

Ralph and Carla Bock of Bella Vista will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary May 29.