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KC Cannabis opens

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Kansas City Cannabis held a grand opening Sept. 25 at 149 Crown Hill Road in the Crown Hill Shopping Center, next to VaporWyse.
AN INVITING DECOR is another part of what KC Cannabis offers. MIRANDA JAMISON | Staff affiliate

NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Missouri Press Association inducted the editor-inchief of The Excelsior Springs Standard and the Richmond News, Jack “Miles” Ventimiglia, into the Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame on Sept. 24.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS Standard and Richmond News Editor Jack “Miles” Ventimiglia is inducted into the Missouri Press Association’s Hall of Fame during the group’s convention Friday at The Elms, Excelsior Springs. BRIAN RICE | Publisher

THREE-PEAT

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RICHMOND – For the third time in as many years, The Richmond News, sister paper of The Excelsior Springs Standard, won the Missouri Press Association’s Gold Cup Sweepstakes Award. The newspaper achieved 13 first-place, 11 second-place, seven third-place and six honorable mention awards.
THE 2021 Missouri Press Association Gold Cup Sweepstakes Award goes to The Richmond News for the third year in a row. The award is received Saturday at the Elms Hotel and Spa during the association’s annual three-day convention. From left are sports Editor Shawn Roney, Editor-in-Chief Jack “Miles” Ventimiglia, association President Liz Irwin, Publisher Brian Rice and Excelsior Springs sports writer Dustin Danner. PATRICIA M. VENTIMIGLIA

School district pursuing FEMA, ESSR funding

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The district seeks funds for two multimillion construction projects at the high school. The district asked FEMA for $4.75 million to build an auxiliary gym, Superintendent Travis Hux stated in a Sept.
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