February 2021

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Tommy Carroll said he had sold an area landmark, Dari B, at Missouri Highway 10 near the border of Clay and Ray counties. Carroll said he had sold the ice cream stand to Jon Saura, his brother-in-law’s brother.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Due to quarantines, the Excelsior Springs girls basketball team has hit a lull. From Jan.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – On Jan. 31, Joshua Oldham accomplished a goal serious bowlers pursue, sometimes in vain: He rolled a perfect game.

FAUCETT – Two Tigers are moving on to sectionals in girls wrestling. Juniors Jacey Brewer and Paige Barber each advanced by placing second and third, respectively, this past weekend at the District 8 Tournament at Mid-Buchanan High School.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – A 22-game losing streak is over for the Tigers in varsity boys basketball. The skid ended Feb.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Excelsior Springs Hospital is ready to administer COVID-19 vaccinations, but when the vaccine will arrive and what role the hospital will play are unknown, CEO Kristen DeHart told city leaders via Zoom.

JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson said he supports a statewide prescription drug monitoring program to help combat the opioid epidemic.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – On Jan. 22, the Excelsior Springs High School Student Council celebrated its court warming coronation.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – City Finance Department Director Vonda Floyd has a clearer sense of what Orion will provide in managing the city’s golf course, she told city leaders during a late-January work session.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Community Center is reaching out to help elderly residents sign up on the Clay County Public Health Center website for COVID-19 vaccinations. Center Executive Director Jesse Hall told city leaders during a late-January City Council work session on Zoom that the center had contacted and provided over-the-phone assistance to “those that are on hold that are 70 and over.” In addition, the center had provided in-person assistance, using social distancing, Hall said.