EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – With the COVID-19 Delta variant impacting children more than the original virus, the school board voted Monday to require masks in school.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – A wreck that left a 6-year-old child dead also left a 4-year-old child, two teenagers and a 24-year-old man with serious injuries.

The wreck occurred about 7:35 p.m. Aug. 20 at 805 E. Seybold Road, Excelsior Springs, based on reports and comments from the Excelsior Springs Police Department and the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Kenneth Wayne Snelling, 95, of Excelsior Springs, passed away on Wednesday Aug. 18, 2021, at Liberty Hospital.

He was born on Sunday, July 18, 1926, in Tindall, Missouri, the son of the late Sylvester and the late Dortha (née Roop) Snelling. 

Excelsior Springs, Missouri -Geri Lee Clevenger, 88, passed away on August 17, 2021.  Funeral services will be at 2:00 PM, visitation at 1:00 PM Monday, August 23, 2021 at Pisgah Baptist Church, Excelsior Springs, Mo  

Geri Clevenger was born May 30, 1933 to Raymond and Gladys Fisher in Kansas City Ks. She married C.W. Clevenger in Excelsior Springs, Mo on Sept. 30, They resided in Excelsior Springs.