VIRAL AVOIDANCE VOTING
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LIBERTY – Election officials in Ray and Clay counties have taken steps to minimize the risk of contracting COVID-19 when voters cast in-person votes during the municipal elections Tuesday, June 2.
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People died to give America the right
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One of the most precious aspects of voting is just how hard people before us have fought to protect it.
Voting makes a difference
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It’s Election Day. Do you know where your vote is? If you’re keeping it in your back pocket, you may be doing yourself and those around you a civic disservice.
District voters decide Prop T on Tuesday
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The delayed vote on Proposition T – a $23.5 million plan to build one school and improve others in the Excelsior Springs School District – takes place Tuesday.
Court excludes some people from facilities
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RICHMOND – The 8th Judicial Circuit announced restrictions on who may enter courtrooms in Ray and Clay counties.
Democratic convention online
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KANSAS CITY – The Missouri Democratic Party will hold the 2020 Democratic State Convention virtually, a first for the oldest Democratic Party west of the Mississippi.
EDC, Ford Fund generate over $50K for Feed Northland Kids
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CLAYCOMO – The Ford Motor Co. Fund and the Clay County Economic Development Council combined to raise more than $50,000 to help fight hunger among Northland schoolchildren, including in Excelsior Springs.
POMP & COVID CIRCUMSTANCE
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – With graduation more than two months away, the Excelsior Springs High School staff celebrated senior awards online with a virtual assembly.
Family shares memories as ‘grammy’ turns 100
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – When Valley Manor resident Ellen Halvorson turned 100 years old May 19, family members could not visit directly due to COVID-19 precautions, but shared recollections.
ESFD responds to alarm at high school
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Overheating exhaust fans set off alarms that brought the ESFD to the Excelsior Springs High School Monday evening.
At approximately 8 p.m., fire trucks from Excelsior Springs and Kearney arrived on the scene of the high school and found smoke coming from the school’s Family and Consumer Science room. They discovered exhaust fans over the stoves were left on and were overheating. The heat melted some of the plastic covering around the fans that created the smoke.
