February 2020

Plan would put cemetery records online for easy public access

5 months ago By Brian Rice Publisher

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Hillcrest and Crown Hill cemeteries will be digitally mapped, and their genealogical records placed online.

The Capital Improvements Authority agreed to consider a proposal Feb. 10 for digital mapping and online data storage of cemetery records at a cost not to exceed $18,000.

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P. Jeane VanDerbeek

5 months ago By News Staff

P. Jeane (Daniels) VanDerbeek was born March 7, 1936 in the Hilldale Community of Neosho, Missouri, the daughter of James Russell and Catherine Jewel (Kirby) Daniels. She entered into rest on Feb. 13, 2020, at KU Medical Center at the age of 83.

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FIRE CLAIMS LIFE

5 months ago By Jack ‘miles’ Ventimiglia Editor-in-chief

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County again loses in bid to stop state performance audit

5 months ago By Jack ‘miles’ Ventimiglia Editor-in-chief

JEFFERSON CITY – The legal system delivered another blow to Clay County Commissioners Owen Owen and Luann Ridgeway.

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Listening post focuses on Wyman School's future

5 months ago By Brian Rice Publisher

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Twenty-seven residents gathered Sunday afternoon to discuss Wyman School’s future.

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Vesta Lea Wheeler Fogle

5 months ago By News Staff

Vesta Fogle, 69, Excelsior Springs, Missouri, passed away Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, at her home.

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L.C. George Jr.

5 months ago By News Staff

L.C. George, Jr., 89, passed away quietly Feb. 7, 2020, with his wife of 71 years at his side. He was born April 24, 1930, in Kansas City, Missouri, to