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A slate of board positions were filled through appointments and reappointments during the Excelsior Springs City Council’s regular meeting Sept. 6 at the Hall of Waters.

Parents of Excelsior Springs Career Center students might breathe easier about sending their sons and daughters there for career and technical education (CTE) training, based on some news shared during the latest Board of Education meeting.

On Sept. 13, Mike and Denise Riley got another reminder that a dream of theirs had come true.

The Excelsior Springs Police Department hosted a National Night Out for the Community Outreach Program on Sept. 16 at Siloam Mountain Park.

On Sept. 12, district leaders learned what the Excelsior Springs High School Student Council is doing to encourage student participation in school activities.

On Sept. 14, Excelsior Springs residents got to publicly voice their concerns about a railroad merger that could make life much noisier and create other issues to address.

Keith Bass II, 48, has been charged with first-degree murder, two charges of armed criminal action and first-degree assault of a special victim after allegedly murdering Theresa Bass and attempting to kill Bobby Neal Jr.

Gather your friends and head to the Crown Hill Shopping Center for your next big “escape.” The Inside Out Escape Room is open. Getting in is easy.

Mid-Continent Public Library’s Food for Fines program is back The biannual program runs now through Sunday. Library customers have the chance to donate nonperishable food items in place of money to pay off overdue fines or replacement card charges. Food donations benefit the Good Samaritan Center.

The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) Household Hazardous Waste Event is scheduled for Oct. 8 in Excelsior Springs.