News

Effective immediately, the Excelsior Springs Standard and Richmond Daily News is under new leadership with Sharon Donat stepping up as General Manager. After 32 years at the two newspapers and 20 years as publisher, Brian Rice is retiring from the newspaper business.

Students and staff in the Excelsior Springs School District received a free pair of Bombas socks on Sept. 22.

Powell Lake on Wornall Road and Tiger Drive is being dredged as part of the Phase II project at the Excelsior Springs Community Center, according to Nate Williams, director of parks and recreation. Williams said the dredge is being funded separately though through Clay County ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) funds.

Richmond News and Excelsior Springs Standard Publisher Brian Rice has announced his retirement from the news industry after 32 years. Rice dedicated his career to The Excelsior Springs Standard, beginning in 1990 as a graphic artist.

Proceeds from the Downtown Excelsior Partnership’s (DEP) annual benefit dinner, hosted on Sept. 15, will be used to construct a new outdoor deck seating area on Broadway in downtown Excelsior Springs.

Fiscal year (FY) 2023 is underway for Excelsior Springs. Like many other governments, including the federal government, the city’s fiscal year began Oct.

An Excelsior Springs Police Department officer-involved shooting occurred on Oct. 1 near the intersection of Kearney and Crown Hill roads. The shooting left the officer with non-life-threatening injuries and the suspect, 65-year-old Carl J. Carrel, dead.

Swope Health has received $44,000 from T-Mobile to fund a new project in the Early Childhood Center (ECC) in Excelsior Springs. The grant will go toward creating a new Swope Health KidsCARE clinic inside the ECC to create a space for children in the school and young children in the community to receive optical, medical and dental health.

Excelsior Springs is throwing its support behind a potential new affordable housing project. On Sept.

Excelsior Springs Job Corps campus is reopening fully after two-and-a-half years and celebrated that fact with a special Signing Day event Sept. 15.