January 2021

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs varsity girls basketball team has fallen victim to cold shooting. That cold shooting has resulted in back-to-back losses, a 47-18 Jan.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Reaching 100 wins in a high school career is a goal many high school wrestlers have. And it is one that Excelsior Springs junior Landen Davis has achieved.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – COVID-19 has made it difficult for the Excelsior Springs varsity boys basketball team to get into a playing rhythm. The effects of COVID on the team’s season were evident on Jan.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – On Jan. 16, the Tigers hosted the other schools in the Missouri River Valley Conference West Division in boys wrestling.

Karen Sue Proctor passed through Heaven’s gates on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, at Research Hospital in Kansas City.

The distinguished Louella Ann Shelton (Woods) peacefully reunited with the love of her life, Earlwood Shelton, on Jan. 9, 2021, at North Kansas City Hospital.

Arlene Lucille Holtzclaw, 87, of Excelsior Springs passed away Dec. 26, 2020, at Daviess County Nursing and Rehab in Gallatin.

Robert “Bob” Grover Pennington, 74, of Rayville passed away Dec. 29, 2020.

Jesse D. Richmond III, 63, of Spickard passed away Dec.

RICHMOND – Bitter feelings, allegations of pranks and possible criminal acts perpetrated by some of the outgoing personnel at the Ray County Sheriff’s Office surfaced during last week’s Ray County Commission meeting. Allegations hit the fan while outgoing