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Excelsior Springs School District officials are providing additional details after a firearm was discovered at Excelsior Springs High School, left in a backpack brought onto campus by an adult spectator during a recent wrestling tournament.

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Excelsior Springs’ growing business community gathered this week for the Chamber of Commerce’s annual holiday luncheon, a celebration of progress that highlighted three local honorees and a year marked by new partnerships and steady growth. Chamber Director Brian Rice said the chamber welcomed 30 new members in the past 12 months, a sign that businesses “want to be part of our future.”

Excelsior Springs officials approved a series of infrastructure, development and administrative actions that will affect multiple areas of city operations, ranging from the demolition of a deteriorating structure to changes in zoning review fees and long-term lease agreements.

Three Excelsior Springs High School athletes stepped onto one of the nation’s most historic stages this month, representing their school and community in the 84th annual Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in Honolulu.