January 2021

Missouri prepares for mass vaccinations

5 years ago By News Staff

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri National Guard will assist the Department of Health and Senior Services and others at COVID-19 vaccination sites statewide. Vaccine demand exceeds the state’s supply.

State unemployment rate approaches 6%

5 years ago By News Staff

KANSAS CITY – The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate jumped 1.3% from November to December, going to 5.8%, the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center reported. The estimated number of unemployed Missourians hit 180,137 in December.

How will America’s children remember events of 2021?

5 years ago By News Staff

This can be the year we scale up solutions that embrace a culture of health and expand family prosperity. Access to a good job, education, health and whole-family well-being are the foundations of family prosperity – as is an inclusive and expansive definition of family that honors the multitude of ways in which we live and care for one another.

Reader alleges city leaders have mismanaged golf course

5 years ago By News Staff

It’s apparent to me that this is just another cover-up by the city manager and city leadership. Their mismanagement in building a restaurant and calling it a clubhouse is laughable. Then, to compound the problem, they decided to create a housing development. Granted, the old clubhouse needed some refurbishing and cleanup. But what the city manager and friends built was a restaurant to compete with independently owned eateries in town. The actual section used for the golf patrons and members isn’t any bigger than my kitchen. I’ve played and been a member for years and have seen its condition go from good to bad several times, all due to the city’s mismanagement.

Poll finds rural residents resist taking virus vaccine

5 years ago By Tim Marema

WHITESBURG, Kentucky – Rural residents are more hesitant than their metropolitan counterparts to get a COVID-19 vaccination, though rural areas have higher infection and death rates from the virus, a new report states.

Boys hoopsters drop three more, still seek first win

5 years ago By Dustin Danner

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The first win of the season continues to elude the Tigers in varsity boys basketball. Victory No.

JUNIOR GANNON WILLIS puts in a layup while getting fouled in action last week at Pleasant Hill. DUSTIN DANNER | Staff

Forfeits sting Tigers in loss to Yellowjackets

5 years ago By Dustin Danner

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Five forfeited matches hurt the Tigers on Jan. 21 when they hosted Center in a Missouri River Valley Conference West Division boys wrestling dual.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS junior Landen Davis gains controls of his opponent from Center during Jan. 21 home dual action. DUSTIN DANNER | Staff

James R. Taylor

5 years ago By News Staff

In loving memory of James R. Taylor, who passed peacefully at 8:45 p.m. Jan. 19, 2021, surrounded by his family.

James is survived by his loving wife, Kathy Taylor; children, Maranda Gourche, Kimberly Taylor and James Aaron Taylor; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He also is survived by his brother, Jimmie Taylor; and sisters, Bonnie Fuller and Florence Moss.

James was preceded in death by James Sydney Taylor; his mother, Roena Taylor; three sisters, Mary Norris, Delores Cates and Betty Ann Cates; and a son, Sean Ray Taylor.

Jack Ellis Clemons

5 years ago By News Staff

Jack Ellis Clemons was born in Missouri City, Mo., on May 31, 1923 to Carl Clemons and Julia Chaney. He died at his home on January 16, 2021.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Carl Clemons and Julia Chaney; his siblings, Emma Jean Garner, Dorothy Hart, Lucille Baillie, Wanda Clemons, and Jimmy Clemons.

Clay, KC ease virus rules; Ray unchanged

5 years ago By News Staff

KANSAS CITY – With COVID-19 numbers improving, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and Clay County last week agreed to let bars bars and restaurants stay open until midnight, but masks and social distancing remain requirements.