July 2021

WATER CANCELS WATERFEST

5 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Community residents, public safety personnel, the WaterFest Committee and festival vendors said canceling WaterFest because of downtown flooding, damage and impending thunderstorms made sense.

AS SEEN from the South Marietta Street Bridge in downtown Excelsior Springs, flood water spills out from the Fishing River and covers the north side of the street, where this Lincoln remains surrounded after the driver is rescued around 6 a.m. June 24 by city emergency personnel. Flood water inundates lots that would have been used for WaterFest parking and traps vehicles already parked there. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff

Missourians can self-test for COVID-19

5 years ago By News Staff

JEFFERSON CITY – At-home tests that check for SARS-CoV-2, a virus that causes COVID-19, are available free to Missouri residents. A Missourian choosing this testing option will order the free testing kit online.

THIS FREE test kit for COVID-19 is available for home use.

ESHS soccer player, distance runner pursues premier athlete status

5 years ago By Dustin Danner

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Typically, being a premier athlete means being a year-round athlete. An Excelsior Springs sophomore is putting in the work to become one of those premier athletes.

MASON WARTNER, seen here dribbling in 2020 for Excelsior Springs, has set lofty athletic goals for himself, and his school and club teams. DUSTIN DANNER | Staff

Thoughts of flooded fields and former figure skaters

5 years ago By Shawn Roney

On the surface, a flooded ballfield and a 2017 movie about a former figure skater might seem to have nothing in common. For me, however, they do.