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Knipker earns Lt. Governor’s Senior Service Award

For those who know Shirley Knipker, most are aware that she’s giving, caring and always helping anyone who crosses her path, which is why she was chosen as…

Prayer Breakfast speaker focuses on need for community, communication

Fittingly for a community message, Donald R. Lewis stressed the need for support and communication through all of society during his address at the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast Thursday…

GSC’s Tortoise and Hare race adds a splash of color

Crossing the finish line covered in color for a good cause was what 217 runners and walkers participated in early Saturday morning.  The Good Samaritan Center of Excelsior…

Pre-K learns traffic safety, box car style

Preschoolers at Noah’s Ark learned firsthand about transportation after a week-long course and a hands-on day-long event held at Barbee Memorial Presbyterian church. During the school week teachers…

Promises Tour rocks a full house

Sanctus Real, the  headliner for the Crescent Lake Concert Series held at the Excelsior Springs High School Performing Arts Center last Saturday night, gave VIP ticket holders a…

News

Authority mulls well testing funds

The Excelsior Springs Capital Improvements Authority this week discussed spending money to test the wells…

PAC to get light, sound upgrades

The performing arts will get a shot in the arm this summer, after the Excelsior…

School staff getting boost in pay, contract days for 2012-13

The Excelsior Springs Board of Education won’t be voting on their annual budget until next…

Gas leak scare empties elementary school

A report of a possible gas leak led school officials to evacuate Westview Elementary School…

City Council lifts all restrictions on airport

Three months after enacting a resolution that restricted the use of the Excelsior Springs Memorial…

Reggie St. John appointed to city council

A little over a year after missing the cut on election day, Reggie St. John…

Local residents weigh in on smoking ban

They may not have been heard on election day, but smokers and their supporters were…

Council approves bonds for Magna retool

In an extremely short meeting Monday evening, the Excelsior Springs City Council voted 3-0 to…

Youth football program adding 7th grade team

It has been several years since the Excelsior Springs Board of Education voted to cut…

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Tiger track stars headed to Sectionals

Almost an entire season of practice and meets are coming to an end and the best of the best has been narrowed down to seven Tiger track and…

Varsity Tigers baseball season comes to an end

A busy conclusion to the Tiger baseball team’s season, with three wins and one heartbreaking loss, was what the team had in store last week.  Monday night started…

Golf team to hit the greens at State

It’s official: the Tiger golf team is headed to state again.  Coming in second place as a team with 338, just shy of Pembroke Hill’s 312, the Tigers…

Future Tigers Youth Basketball Camp in the works

The Excelsior Springs men’s basketball camp plans to host a week-long youth camp geared towards basktball fundamentals and skill development in a fun atmosphere.  This year’s upcoming Youth…

Opinion

It’s not just free labor – it’s a training tool for life

Does anyone recognize the Job Corps students when they’re out and about helping our business community?  Wednesday afternoon I was standing…

Gun rights

To the editor: A few weeks ago, two ladies at The Standard published their opinions about guns. One of them was…

Smoking ban

To the editor: Let me start by stating that every town that imposes a smoking ban is about as hypocritical as…

For want of some voters, a smoking section was lost

I debated whether or not to weigh in on the smoking issue, as several of my friends and acquaintances have done in…