August 2021

Victoria Lynn (Gerdes) (Acker) Miller

4 years ago By News Staff

Victoria Lynn (Gerdes) (Acker) Miller was born Feb. 14th, 1966 in Pine Ridge, South Dakota and relinquished for adoption to the State of Nebraska, in Gordon Nebraska at age 3 months, she was adopted by Bob and Marilyn Gerdes of Lincoln, Nebraska and joined the family of 3 brothers, Robert Todd, Dane Michael and Kipp Allen. A few years later, another daughter Jackilyn Jennifer joined the family.

Minnie Kalahikiola Davis

4 years ago By News Staff

10/02/1940 ~ 8/25/2021

Gary Franklin Hill

4 years ago By News Staff

Gary Franklin Hill, 80, of Excelsior Springs, passed away Thursday August 5, 2021. He passed peacefully at home with family after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

Faubion sees ‘room for improvement’ in Tigers after jamboree

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

KANSAS CITY – Excelsior Springs’ Aug. 20 preseason varsity football jamboree at St. Pius X High School in Kansas City gave coach Mark Faubion an idea of where his Tigers stand entering Friday’s season opener.

JUNIOR QUARTERBACK Chance Moreland looks for running room during Excelsior Springs’ Aug. 20 preseason jamboree at St. Pius X of Kansas City. DUSTIN DANNER | Staff

Teach history to fit students’ age levels

4 years ago By News Staff

Lies and half-truths are the stuff of myth, not history. True history, like true science, should be objective.

Missouri Republicans lose quiet leader to COVID-19

4 years ago By Jack Miles

WARRENSBURG – Steve Walsh, 63, Ashland, died Aug. 19.

ESSD offers COVID procedures, ‘safe return’ plan

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – With the COVID-19 Delta variant making more children sick than the original virus, the school board voted Monday to require masks in school. This follows the district’s earlier measures in anticipation of schools opening.

THE EXCELSIOR SPRINGS School District starts the new school year with a mask mandate for the protection of students, many being too young for vaccination, and district employees. Richmond has no such safety mandate. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff graphic

Tigers get game-like reps while hosting boys soccer jamboree

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers got some gamelike action on Aug. 20, when they hosted Kearney and Chillicothe in a preseason boys soccer jamboree.

FRESHMAN KOLLIN KINCAID looks to break away from Kearney defenders for Excelsior Springs. DUSTIN DANNER | Staff

Mill hosts info session

4 years ago By News Staff

LAWSON – Representatives from Missouri State Parks held an informational meeting Wednesday at Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site, 26600 Park Road North, Lawson. The park service invited the public to share comments and ask questions about the park and operations there.

BUILT IN 1860, a year before the start of the Civil War, steam-powered Watkins Mill still contains early textile milling equipment. The park offers several additional buildings, including an eightsided schoolhouse and a church.

City Council approves work on sludge basins, water model

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The City Council approved two bids Aug. 16 to help address water system concerns.