November 2021

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.

HULBERT, Oklahoma – The lack of rural broadband resembles another issue faced decades ago – lack of rural electric. “In rural areas, you can have less than 10 customers for every mile of fiber optics that you have,” Hamid Vahdatipour, CEO of Lake Region Electric Cooperative, said.

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.

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.

RICHMOND – The Secretary of State’s Office has reminded candidates of a change in election filing dates. The change affects when candidates can start filing and when filing ends for the April general municipal elections, including in Excelsior Springs.

WARRENSBURG – A year after many just received driver licenses, 10 students will receive private pilot’s certification after successfully completing an eightweek program at the University of Central Missouri.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Three Clay County residents have earned their wings as pilots, Thomas Creel of Excelsior Springs Memorial Airport reported. Monty Freeman served as their instructor.

LEXINGTON – To organize a force of ferocious killers, start with teenagers who can be molded, the outlaw Frank James told a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter.

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri has spent $222 million of the $1.7 billion received under the American Rescue Plan, or ARP, Act so far, based on State Auditor Nicole Galloway’s reports. The reports are the first to track the state’s spending of ARP funds, which Missouri began receiving in May.