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ON A BLUSTERY SATURDAY in the Excelsior Springs Community Center parking lot, community members take advantage of health screenings and other information – and freebies. Getting freebies, from left, are the Saunders sisters – Margaret, 4; Charlotte, 7; and Amelia, 7. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – What began in 2020 during the pandemic has become an annual rite of passage in Excelsior Springs. The High School Senior Parade will take place at 5 p.m.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – More felony charges have been filed against Joshua Edward McCoy, 31, Excelsior Springs. McCoy faces mostly felony bad check charges, which have been filed in Clay and Platte counties in Missouri, and Johnson County in Kansas.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Hospital drive-through COVID clinic closed Sunday. During an April 15 work session at the Hall of Waters, hospital CEO Kristen DeHart told city leaders the clinic would close, citing a decrease in COVID cases.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city could receive up to $57,878 more to help with road projects, thanks to an agreement between Excelsior Springs and the Mid-America Regional Council. Approved April 18 by the City Council at the Hall of Waters, the agreement makes the city a participant in the Missouri Preventive Maintenance Program, overseen by MARC.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Crime does not pay, especially when the law and gangster Al Capone are out to deliver justice on the mean streets of downtown Excelsior Springs. During Gatsby Day on April 30, several people drafted by event organizers to entertain guests execute a heist at the old bank, now the Excelsior Springs Museum and Archives, 101 E.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Kevin and Sonya Morgan received the McReynolds Award from the Missouri Alliance for historic preservation for their long-term work promoting historic preservation in Excelsior Springs and Clay County.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city is buying and replacing 400 residential water meter bases. Per a request by Public Works Director Chad Bird Per a request by Public Works Director Chad Birdsong approved April 18 by the City Council at the Hall of Waters, the meter bases will cost $35,304 – $88.26 each, Birdsong stated in an April 12 memo to city leaders and reiterated before the vote.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Dollar General is open at 1653 Meadowlark Lane in Excelsior Springs, the company announced. The new store will employ up to 10 people.