January 2021

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

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.

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. Republicans had a chance to pick a war hero, business owner, civic leader, family man and Christian author, Air Force Lt.

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.

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

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

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

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

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Substance Abuse Free Environments, or SAFE, Coalition recognized the Excelsior Springs Early Childhood Center staff with the Community Champion Award. The program is designed to recognize each of 40 developmental assets found important to a child’s positive development and success in life.

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.