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ALONG with the steel girders and walls going up, workers have poured floors for Cornerstone Elementary School at Wornall and Lodwick. Voters in June agree to fund the new school, replacing Westview. The building is set to open in the fall of 2021.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – In a special Board of Education meeting, members considered one agenda item – naming the new elementary school that is going up at the intersection of Wornall and Lodwick. A committee that met twice provided input to the board on possible names.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Three Excelsior Springs nonprofit organizations have been awarded Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funding. The City Council approved grants to the Slightly Off Broadway Theatre, Excelsior Springs Museum and Alcoholics Anonymous in town.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – City Council members will receive backpay. Council members approved an ordi nance to compensate themselves for payments withheld between May 1 and July 31.

COLUMBIA – Missouri’s most prominent party leaders are on opposite sides of Amendment 3, the call to change the public’s 2018 vote on Clean Missouri. Clean Missouri included a provision that has become controversial – how to decide where people vote to give fairer representation to each party.

LIBERTY – Serving Ray, Clay and Platte counties, the Northland Coalition – with the support of Tri- County Mental Health Services – has partnered with the DEA, other law enforcement agencies and communities across the country to encourage the responsible disposal of prescription drugs.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – A 92-year Excelsior Springs tradition is not happening this year because of COVID-19. The Bill Payne Halloween Party, typically held on Halloween at the Clay-Ray Veterans Association in Excelsior Springs, has been cancelled this year in the interest of public safety.

COLUMBIA – A Gallup poll found teachers are tied with nurses for the most stressful occupation in America. Stress can trickle down on their students, leading to disruptive behavior that results in student suspensions.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Community Center’s Second Annual Pumpkin Plunge is set for Oct. 24.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – For many residents of Excelsior Springs and surrounding areas, what will happen to the Dari B is on par in importance to the pending national elections, foreign trolls and the tariff war.