May 2022

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Video from a city festival in the 1930s – including images of Native Americans, cowboys and a stagecoach – is available on a new, widescreen monitor at the Excelsior Springs Museum and Archives, 101 E. Broadway.

Body RICHMOND – Law enforcers continue to look for a person with whom they wish to speak after a deadly arson fire, and Missouri Fire Safety completed work and withdrew from the investigation.

Body LAKE ARROWHEAD – The Tri-County SWAT team arrested James Larson Jr., Lathrop, after a standoff in a Lake Arrowhead residence.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Benjamin Chase, 21, Excelsior Springs, died while in custody in the city jail. Excelsior Springs Police Chief Gregory Dull said he asked the Clay County Investigative Squad to investigate “for transparency and accountability” to the public.

Body Calling for unity against Vladimir Putin for the unprovoked invasion, indiscriminate destruction and war-crime murders of civilians in Ukraine is easy. Talk is cheap.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – “Full funding” for public school transportation might translate to hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Excelsior Springs and Richmond school districts.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Post Office will collect food for community members in need Saturday, acting Officer in Charge Kat Bollinger said Monday. “We’re not supplying bags this year,” Bollinger said.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Parks and Recreation Department is getting a larger maintenance building. On May 2, the City Council approved Parks and Rec/Community Center Director Nate Williams’ request to buy a 60-by-64-foot building for $375,750.