Sheriff still seeks leads year after body located
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MISSOURI CITY – After finding the body of Alesha Jane Reade, 45, Independence, Feb. 11, 2021, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office continues to seek closure for her family.
February 2022
Critical race theory pales vs. real issues
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George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are two of the greatest men this nation has produced. Both had flaws, too. Scratching the surface, Washington had faults as a military tactician and Jefferson in dealing with trade. But the most obvious stain on their legacies is that they owned slaves.
City workers get cost-of-living raise
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – City workers will receive a 3% cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, to their wages, starting in March. The City Council approved the COLA Feb.
SPENDING ISSUES
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LIBERTY – A former Excelsior Springs resident faces multiple felony charges in Clay and Platte counties involving the alleged spending of money he did not have at area businesses. Joshua Edward McCoy, 31, 20023 N.E.
O-fer second quarter hurts ES girls in home defeat
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Take away the second quarter and the Tigers win their Feb. 10 Missouri River Valley Conference West Division varsity girls basketball meeting with visiting Harrisonville, instead of losing 41-27.
Boys edge Harrisonville, end dry spell
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers lifted a weight off their backs Feb. 10.
THE FINAL FIVE
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The field is set for the Class 2 state boys wrestling competition. That field includes five Excelsior Springs grapplers.
Darlene Joyce (Hill) Wall
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Darlene Joyce (Hill) Wall, 86, of Excelsior Springs, MO, passed away Feb. 11, 2022, at Liberty Hospital from Covid complications.
Darlene was born on Dec. 7, 1935, in Lincoln, NE, and is the daughter of John Hill and Edna (McMicheal) Hill.
Jack Holtzclaw
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Jack Holtzclaw, 93, of Excelsior Springs, MO passed away Dec. 23, 2021, at home.
Patricia Darlene Wilson
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Patricia Darlene Wilson, 82, of Excelsior Springs, MO, passed away in her home on Feb. 11, 2022.
She was born Feb. 7, 1940, in Excelsior Springs, MO.
