October 2020

Tigers look to end skid in boys soccer

5 years ago By Dustin Danner

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Coach Zac Ganzer and his Excelsior Springs varsity boys soccer team are going through a streak they probably would like to end. Through Tuesday, the Tigers were on an eight-game losing streak.

Tigers get rolled, become latest victims in Odessa’s winning streak

5 years ago By Dustin Danner

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – On Oct. 16, Odessa entered Tiger Stadium with a 26- game winning streak in varsity football.

Excelsior Springs volleyballers drop seventh straight match

5 years ago By Dustin Danner

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers are trying to work through a losing streak in varsity volleyball. Through Tuesday, Excelsior Springs had lost seven straight matches – sixth of them against opponents in the loaded Missouri River Valley Conference West Division.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS senior Natalie Frese sets up junior Rylie Stottlemyre in volleyball action DUSTIN DANNER | Staff

Chappel moves up the leaderboard in return to state

5 years ago By Dustin Danner

NEW BLOOMFIELD – Often, when a high school athlete returns to a state tournament, the goal is to place better than the previous year. Such was the case for Excelsior Springs senior Hope Chappel.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS senior Hope Chappel, seen here teeing off earlier this season, finishes her high school girls golf career with a top-50 finish at the Class 2 state tournament. FILE PHOTO

ES XC runners visit Columbia, host invitational

5 years ago By Dustin Danner

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers got a sneak peek at the cross country course they hope to run in a few weeks in state competition. They did so by running Sept.

JUNIOR TYLER RUMORE paces the Tigers Oct. 6 at the Excelsior Springs Cross Country Invitational. PROVIDED COURTESY OF TIM HARLAN

Public Works plans springtime work on North Jesse James Road

5 years ago By Shawn Roney

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Area residents can expect to see changes to North Jesse James Road next year. The City Council earmarked roughly $1 million for the road.

Liberty Hospital receives award

5 years ago By News Staff

LIBERTY – Liberty Hospital has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain - MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2020. Liberty Hospital is one of only 140 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.

DARI B: Here’s the Scoop

5 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – For many residents of Excelsior Springs and surrounding areas, what will happen to the Dari B is on par in importance to the pending national elections, foreign trolls and the tariff war.

FROM A NEW generation of Dari B customers on the east side of Excelsior Springs, Sylvia Linard, 9, makes short work of an ice cream cone. “I Iove it,” she says. “It’s cotton candy.” J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff

Teaching among most stressful occupations

5 years ago By News Staff

COLUMBIA – A Gallup poll found teachers are tied with nurses for the most stressful occupation in America. Stress can trickle down on their students, leading to disruptive behavior that results in student suspensions.

COVID-19 RUINS ANOTHER CIVIC EVENT

5 years ago By Brian Rice

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – A 92-year Excelsior Springs tradition is not happening this year because of COVID-19. The Bill Payne Halloween Party, typically held on Halloween at the Clay-Ray Veterans Association in Excelsior Springs, has been cancelled this year in the interest of public safety.

THE 92ND ANNUAL Bill Payne Halloween Party in Excelsior Springs has been called off – like many other traditional events in Clay and Ray counties – because of the continuing threat from COVID-19.