Greenwood News

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.

GREENWOOD, Mo. - The Helping Hands Therapeutic Riding Center is located in a serene part of Jackson County.

Dear Abby: I would like to offer a suggestion to 'Tired Mom in the City' , whose baby's eight grandparents have overloaded the family with unneeded and redundant gifts.

On April 7, some Lee's Summit voters may have a bond issue to consider.Those who live in the Middle Big Creek sewer sub-district of the Little Blue Valley Sewer District will consider whether to approve issuing ...

Courthouse repairs approvedA second phase of repair work on the historic Truman Courthouse in Independence should begin March 30.On Monday, the Jackson County Legislature unanimously approved a $776,005 ...

's" third and final batch of 12 contenders vied for a Top 12 slot on Tuesday night and a few of the hopefuls went from contestants to stand-out-stars in the making.

Yesterday, a man from the Kansas City area lead officers on a high-speed chase in Maries County.

While you were sitting on the couch with your hand in a bag of donuts and a bottle of Ranch wedged in your double-chin, someone at MTV was actually hard at work live blogging the show you were both watching.

Linda Jo Spooner, 42, of Greenwood, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ortrie D. Smith on Wednesday, Jan.

John F. Wood, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Greenwood, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court to using a firearm during the armed robbery of Union Bank ...

The Lee's Summit R-7 School District Board of Education approved the green option as the new elementary attendance boundary for the 2009-2010 school year, during the board's regular monthly meeting on Thursday.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Department took two men into custody late Friday afternoon after a vehicle and foot chase that ended up at a home in Greenwood, authorities said.

Police on Friday said they arrested two men in connection with the robbery of a Harrisonville gun store.

A police stand-off ends in the arrest of much sought after suspects in several metro gun store robberies.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. a ' Police have identified the pedestrian killed on Interstate 70 Thursday night.

A police stand-off ends peacefully in Greenwood, Mo. The altercation began shortly before 5:00 p.m. Greenwood Police, Jackson County Sheriffa s Department and Highway Patrol arrested one man and began chasing ...