December 2021

WWII flier turns 100 years old

4 years ago By Samantha Zelaya

LAWSON – World War II veteran Lindell Jarman, Lawson, celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by family on Thanksgiving. Having spent three years in college, Jarman, then 21, volunteered for service July 30, 1942, in Kansas City, Kansas, based on National Archives information.

DURING WORLD WAR II, Lindell Jarman, Lawson, enlists and serves as a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps that flies missions in India and China to supply the Chinese fighting against Japanese invaders.

Build Back Better deserves support by all Americans

4 years ago By News Staff

I don’t understand why some voters in Missouri are so against Congress passing a bill that will benefit those same voters and their children. The Build Back Better bill passed by the House but languishes in the Senate behind a wall of obstruction that just doesn’t make sense.

The trash man cometh – bless him

4 years ago By News Staff

I took out the trash Nov. 30.

Hoskins submits legislation regarding VLTs in businesses

4 years ago By News Staff

JEFFERSON CITY – Under legislation filed by state Sen. Denny Hoskins, R- Warrensburg, illegal gaming devices now in use in businesses and clubs would be replaced with regulated and transparent video lottery terminals, VLTs, overseen by the Missouri Lottery Commission.

Boys avenge loss to Dragons

4 years ago By News Staff

HIGGINSVILLE – The Tigers’ first win of this varsity boys basketball season came sooner than it did last season. And the 2019-2020 season.

DUSTIN DANNER | Staff JUNIOR RAKAI GANTT gets around a defender on his way to the bucket during Excelsior Springs’ Nov. 30 meeting with visiting Cameron.

Tigers start 1-3 in varsity girls hoops

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Putting together four good quarters was an issue for the Tigers the first four games of the varsity girls basketball season. The Tigers dropped three of their first four, falling to Lafayette County of Higginsville, Richmond and Oak Grove, and defeating Lexington.

DUSTIN DANNER | Staff EXCELSIOR SPRINGS sophomore Baylee O’Dell competes for a loose ball with Richmond senior Emmalea Kilpatrick during the Tigers’ Dec. 1 home loss.

Two Tigers play all-star volleyball

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

KANSAS CITY – The end of Excelsior Springs’ varsity volleyball season in October did not end the careers of seniors Kyli Crowley and Rylie Stottlemyre. Crowley and Stottlemyre were selected by the Greater Kansas City Volleyball Coaches Association to play for Team Missouri in the annual MO/KAN Small-Class All-Star match.

PHOTO COURTESY of Marcie Roberts EXCELSIOR SPRINGS volleyballers Rylie Stottlemyre and Kyli Crowley are among the participants in last month’s GKCVCA MO/KAN All-Star match.

Burton takes 135 title at Steve Leslie Invitational

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

PLEASANT HILL – The Tigers produced one champion, one runner-up, one third-place finisher and one fourthplace finisher in their first girls wrestling tournament this season. Junior Vada Burton pinned her way to the 135-pound title at the Steve Leslie Invitational Tournament, held Dec.

ES boys grapplers take third at Park Hill Duals

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

KANSAS CITY – A day of grappling Dec. 4 at the Park Hill Duals ended with the Excelsior Springs boys wrestling team going 2-3 and finishing third.

DUSTIN DANNER | Staff FRESHMAN RYNE MARCUM sets up his Cameron opponent for a cradle in his first match this season.

AUDITOR ALLEGES ‘FRAUD’

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

JEFFERSON CITY – “At least” $4,348 collected in cash by former City Clerk Marla Berndt as sewer bill payments is unaccounted for in Homestead Village, a Ray County town of roughly 185 people near Excelsior Springs.

Berndt also allegedly failed to pay her own sewer bill and falsified ledgers to conceal non-payments, based on an investigation completed Wednesday by State Auditor Nicole Galloway’s office.