Jon and Juli Ellis, the owners of Paradise Park in Lee’s Summit, are one of the strongest community supporters we have at Lee’s Summit Cares.

The Lee’s Summit school district plans to purchase Paradise Park, an amusement park and family fun center, and turn it into an early education center.

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — The Lee’s Summit school board has approved a letter of intent for the purchase of Paradise Park. Paradise Park is an amusement park and family fun facility that includes ...

A Lee's Summit, Missouri, water park is facing accusations of racial discrimination after a weekend pool party planned for 250 teenagers was canceled.

Take a sneak peek at Green Street, the new downtown community space set to open in Lee’s Summit next month. It will be home to concerts, picnics, events and even an indoor farmers market. Here’s a ...

The mayor of Lee’s Summit is voicing his feelings after a water park run by the city was accused of canceling a local family’s private birthday party for racial reasons.

A Black family accused the city of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, of racial discrimination after their teens' pool party was canceled, but the parks department is defending the move.

St. Dominic defeated Lees Summit West in a Class 4 Missouri girls state soccer semifinal at Soccer Park in Fenton on June 6, 2025. Tim Vizer, Special to the Post-Dispatch ...

Summit Waves Water Park in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, a suburb of Kansas City, has come under fire for allegedly mistreating a Black family, refusing to let them and their guests enter the premises.

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. — Three hours from Kansas City, Pulaski County is home to 30 miles of the historic Route 66. In recent months, it’s undergone renovation, and two Lee’s Summit metal artists ...

Here’s a look at highlights from some big Missouri-side high school football games around the Kansas City metro on Friday night. A return home was what the doctor ordered for Oak Park as the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Lee's Summit School District said it is planning to buy Paradise Park, the 15-acre amusement park and family fun center on Northeast Colbern Road. District officials said ...