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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Rainbow Splash Park could expand in 2023, Parks and Recreation and Community Center Director Nate Williams told city leaders June 6 at the Hall of Waters. Williams mentioned that possibility shortly before the City Council approved a 12-month lease agreement with the First United Methodist Church for the city to handle upkeep on a parcel of property between the church and park.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – A new area restaurant hopes to open this week. Troy’s Grill and Bar is coming to 101 W.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Police Department is getting new video cameras to monitor activity in its jail cells. On June 6 at the Hall of Waters, the City Council approved Chief Greg Dull’s request to have cameras installed in six adult cells and the cell for juveniles.

KANSAS CITY – An Excelsior Estates man has been convicted by a federal trial jury for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Mark A.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – It only took three years, but Excelsior Springs’ largest celebration finally returns June 24 and 25. Opening at 2 p.m.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Incite Design Studio is standing firm on its recommendation to replace Lewis Elementary School. Based in the Kansas City metro area, Incite is the architectural firm working with the Excelsior Springs School District on its long-range facility planning.

The Excelsior Springs Standard welcomes Sophia Bales, a 2022 Missouri Valley College graduate, to its staff as a newsroom reporter. “I was very excited - over the moon (about accepting this position)… When I was younger, I always knew that I wanted to write,” said Bales.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Museum and Archives is hosting a Founding Families Reception for the Million-Finely family. The reception will be 1-4 p.m.

Waterfest 2022 is just three weeks away, and one Excelsior native is especially excited. Kisha (Henry) Banister will be recognized as Waterfest’s grand marshal during the parade at 9:30 a.m.

PART II OF II EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Hospital is in “thrive mode,” particularly financially, CEO Kristen DeHart told city leaders when sharing the hospital’s 2021 report during the City’s Council’s May 16 meeting at the Hall of Waters. In 2021, DeHart “was thinking it was a little premature to say ‘thrive,’” but she assured that data supported the term.