November 2021

Sherri Dawn Clymore

4 years ago By News Staff

Sherri Dawn Clymore, 46, Rayville, MO., passed away November 27, 2021 at 3:22pm. Visitation will be held Thursday, December 2, 2021 from 10-11am with service following at Bross & Spidle Funeral Home, Excelsior Springs, MO. Burial Elmira Cemetery, Elmira, MO.

LaDonna Way

4 years ago By News Staff

LaDonna Way, 74, of Excelsior Springs, MO passed away Nov. 12, 2021, at Excelsior Springs Nursing and Rehab. Visitation was held from 5-6:30 p.m., on Nov. 17, 2021, at Hidden Valley Funeral Home of Excelsior Springs.

James C. Johnson

4 years ago By News Staff

James C. Johnson, 82, of Lawson, MO passed away Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021, at North Care Hospice House. He was born on Sept. 20, 1939, in Kansas City, MO to Filo and Mary Johnson. He worked for TWA for 40 plus years.

ESFA sixth-graders finish as league runners-up

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – An area football team can claim to have played in a Super Bowl. This time, however, it is not the Kansas City Chiefs and it is not an NFL Super Bowl.

THE SIXTH-GRADE team with the Excelsior Springs Football Association finishes as league runner-up. SUBMITTED BY Mike McCoy

Excelsior Springs boys take third in state soccer

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

FENTON – The Tigers’ Nov. 19-20 visit to the World Wide Technology Soccer Park did not end in Excelsior Springs’ first state boys soccer title.

JUNIOR GOALKEEPER Zach Dimes goes parallel to the ground to make a save in the first half of Excelsior Springs’ Class 2 state semifinal game with Perryville. DUSTIN DANNER | Staff

Workers need paid time off to care for family members

4 years ago By Carol Joyner

When I was just turning 40, with two young children and a full-time job, my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I had never seen her sick a day in my life.

PAID FAMILY LEAVE to assist family members with medical conditions, from the joy of bringing home a newborn to the struggles with caring for a parent with Alzheimers disease, is what some call a necessity, but many people in authority are not supportive of the idea.

Council approves 2022 course fees

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Next year’s rates are set for the golf course. On Nov.

District passes incentive plan for bus drivers

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The school board approved an incentive Nov. 8 at the Support Services Center to address a bus driver shortage.

BOE hits ‘home run’ with bond sale

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The school district is about to hit what Joe Kinder calls “a home run,” speaking financially. Kinder is managing director with Stifel, Nicolaus and Co.

Excelsior Springs Animal Clinic in new location

4 years ago By Tara Altis

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS– Dr. Pete Rucker recently held an open house for the new Excelsior Springs Animal Clinic, 1740 W.

A NEW EXAM room is an Excelsior Springs Animal Clinic feature that provides more space for animals and staff.