January 2021

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – This is the fourth in a four-part, issueby-issue review of 2020... FOURTH QUARTER OCTOBER Oct.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – COVID history is repeating itself by forcing a school to close in the Excelsior Springs School District, Deputy Superintendent Jaret Tomlinson told the Board of Education on Jan. 11.

Body After the insurrection, and barbed wire-topped fencing and troops in Washington, D.C., for Inauguration Day, I reflected on Missouri’s 2018 Senate Republican primary.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – New management is coming to the Excelsior Springs Golf Course, which city leaders praised but some people criticized. Although a regular City Council meeting was slated for this week, a “special” meeting took place Jan.

Body Michael Curtis James of Richmond passed away Friday, Dec. 25, 2020, at Liberty Hospital from complications of COVID-19.

Body James Paul Gorham, 65, of Excelsior Springs passed away on Jan. 14, 2021, at Liberty Hospital from complications of COVID-19.

Body Muriel Martha Curry, 87, of Orrick passed away Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at North Kansas City Hospital.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs School District will continue to have internet service. On Jan.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Substance Abuse Free Environments, or SAFE, Coalition recognized the Excelsior Springs Early Childhood Center staff with the Community Champion Award.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Superintendent Dan Hoehn expects to know if Crossroads Elementary School will open as planned for the 2021-22 school year by the time the Board of Education reconvenes Feb. 8.