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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – “As we all know, the COVID pandemic affected the seniors the worst, followed by the homeless population,” Good Samaritan Center Emergency Assistance Coordinator Jennifer Chappel stated.

JEFFERSON CITY – Republican and Democratic lawmakers defined success differently after this year’s Missouri General Assembly session. Rep.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Those who remembered fallen service members Monday in Excelsior Springs had to adapt to the weather. Originally, the annual Memorial Day ceremony was expected to take place outdoors at the six veterans monuments on the Clay Ray Veterans Association grounds.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city has tweaked plans for overlaying asphalt on North Jesse James Road and other thoroughfares. On May 17, the City Council approved a $64,465 change order for road repairs.

After about a decade of wriggling and whining, with copious amounts of pretense sprinkled liberally upon nonsense, the Republican-dominated General Assembly – kicking and screaming to the last – finally agreed that online businesses should pay the same sales tax that mom-and-pop businesses have paid all along.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The school district has another new math service. On May 10, the Board of Education approved an agreement with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to provide Into Math services for grades K-5, effective the 2021-22 school year and priced at $112,043.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS — It wouldn’t be summer in Excelsior Springs without Waterfest. After taking a COVID break in 2020, everyone’s favorite festival returns in 2021 with a celebration larger than ever.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Residents have a new process for requesting utility bill adjustments. The City Council agreed to change the process May 17.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS High School identifies these National Honor Society members, front, from left, Fiona James-Macdonald, Abbi Adair, Elizabeth Casey, Shannon Hayes and Caitlyn Willis; middle row, Alyssa Buhrman, Harmony Kelly, Emily Milledge, Miranda Andrews, Natalie Andrews, Jaqueline Perez-Espinosa and Madelynn Vaughn; and back row, Madison Krier, Emily West, Sydney Shepard, Emma Craven, Amanda Pranke, Hannah Foster, Karmen Reed and Zacalen Lohman.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – This year, the COVID-19 pandemic did not delay the Excelsior Springs High School graduation ceremony. Nor did the threat of inclement weather.