October 2020

Mary Anne Johnson, 84, of Excelsior Springs, passed away on Oct. 14, 2020.

Monica Roney, 61, of Lawson, passed away Thursday, Oct. 15, at North Kansas City Hospital.

Marcelaine Ruth Griffel, 92, formerly of Higginsville and Excelsior Springs, died Oct. 19, 2020, at the Golden Age Nursing Home in Braymer. She was born Aug. 5, 1928, in Alma to Edwin and Hilda (Miller) Kempfe.

Glenda Sue (Creason) Wilhite, 68, of Excelsior Springs passed away on Oct. 19, 2020.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Clay County Public Administrator Sarah Mills Rottgers, 41, seeks re-election. A Republican, she is opposed by Democrat Jeremy Eden, who did not return this newspaper’s questionnaire.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Clay County Deputy Assessor Tracy Baldwin, 48, Kearney, a Republican, plans to step into the seat being vacated by his boss, Cathy Rinehart, a Democrat. Bruce Cantwell did not return the questionnaire.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Two people seek the Clay County Eastern Commission District seat. But only one is answering questions, including: Why? The commission candidates are Republican Megan Thompson, 35, Liberty; and Democrat Dustin Bell, 22, Kearney.

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Judicial Performance Review Committee provided Missouri voters with their performance findings for 52 nonpartisan judges who will be up for retention in the Nov. 3 general elections, including in Clay County.

LIBERTY – Clay County voters will pick a new sheriff Nov. 3.

COLUMBIA – The only time Gov. Mike Parson and state Auditor Nicole Galloway have appeared, or will appear, in a political forum focused on the Nov. 3 governor’s race took place Oct. 9 at the Missouri Theatre in Columbia.