March 2022

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – An ecoconscious sculpture has been installed at Century Park, Mayor Sharon Powell told city leaders during a March 18 work session at the Hall of Waters. A large depiction of a flower, the piece is crafted “completely of recycled playground equipment,” Powell said.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The summer learning plan will have three objectives this year, Career Center Director Mark Bullimore told district leaders March 14 at the Support Services Center. “(We will) have the biggest and best summer school we’ve ever had, we’re going to have the most fun we’ve ever had and we want to create … repeatable programming,” Bullimore said in presenting the plan shortly before approval by the Board of Education.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city seeks a new planner, Economic Development Director Melinda Mehaffy told city leaders during a March 18 work session at the Hall of Waters. The last planner left March 9 to work in the private sector, Mehaffy said.

WARRENSBURG – The proposed 21st Senatorial District map would make dramatic changes to the present district represented by Denny Hoskins, R-Warrensburg. Changes include that, for the next two years, Hoskins would not live in the district where he serves.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Three candidates are competing for two Excelsior Springs Board of Education seats. The public will cast ballots April 5 for the two candidates whose views best fit what voters want.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Students from Excelsior Springs Middle School will share poems from 6 to 8 p.m. April 8 at the Bohemian Sage Gallery, and a published poet from Kansas City will attend, based on information from teacher Gina Calvin.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Excelsior Springs resident Cynthia Loflin pauses from her late afternoon walk to stand beside the heart positioned on a green island situated in front of The Elms Hotel and Spa. “It’s such beautiful weather,” she says after stepping onto the island for a close-up view of the heart.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – An Excelsior Springs-area man is dead and his wife is under arrest, Ray County Sheriff Scott Childers stated. Childers said his office took a domestic violence call “with shots fired” about midnight Wednesday on Shoemaker Road east of the city.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Three candidates seek a single Excelsior Springs City Council seat. The public will cast ballots April 5 for the two candidates whose views best fit what voters want.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – On March 7, the City Council approved Fire Chief Joe Maddick’s request for $95,620 to replace the fire station’s concrete apron. The City Council’s approval while meeting at the Hall of Waters followed the Capital Improvements Authority’s approval Feb.