January 2023

Cooper Collins was the top dog – or rather, Tiger – for Excelsior Springs at the 51st Platte County Invitational. The first-year high schooler went 7-0 at the boys wrestling tournament, held Jan.

Excelsior Springs came up short in a seesaw Jan. 11 girls wrestling dual with visiting Kearney.

More often than not, Excelsior Springs found itself on the losing side of doubledigit varsity girls basketball games last week. The girls went 1-3, falling to Platte County 81-14, edging Ewing Marion Kauffman 52-50, falling to Winnetonka 51-40 and then falling to 50-27 to Plattsburg.

The Excelsior Springs School District has made up some financial ground, Superintendent Jaret Tomlinson told district leaders during a recent Board of Education meeting in the Support Services Center.

The Excelsior Springs City Council approved the creation of Westside Community Improvement District (CID) during its Tuesday meeting. Community residents and westside district property owners were in the audience to show support.

Recreational marijuana users who frequent the Kansas City Cannabis dispensary in Excelsior Springs, or any future dispensaries in town, may soon have to pay a city sales tax. The Excelsior Springs City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday night — which would be placed on the ballot for voter approval —to enact a 3-percent sales tax “on all tangible personal property retail sales of adult use non-medical marijuana” purchased in town.

Last week, Excelsior Springs served up two home games for varsity boys basketball fans. One was a thriller.

State Rep. Doug Richey wants to help lower the bill for Missourians with delinquent property taxes. In pursuit of that goal, the Excelsior Springsbased lawmaker has filed House bill 462, legislation to reduce the amount of late charges and interest that can be collected on overdue property taxes.

The Excelsior Springs School District “had a clean audit” of the 2022 fiscal year (FY), auditor Brad Steele told district leaders when the Board of Education convened recently. Speaking on behalf of the Richmond-based accounting firm Westbrook & Co.

Christen Everett, principal of Excelsior Springs High School, is pleased to announce the Standard Honor Roll for Semester 1 of the 2022-23 school year. Students must have a B (3.0) grade point average with no grade below a C-. Gwen Avery 9 Addison Bailey 9 Maysie Barnes 9 Samuel Besherse 9 Mitchell Blankenship9 Caleb Brown 9 Alexander Bullard 9 Alana Coffman 9 Brodie Davidson 9 Aryana Davis 9 Sohalia Davis 9 Braxton Duncan 9 Brody Ford 9 Gavin Franks 9 Rhianna Frederick 9 Elizabeth George 9 Gaige Haddock 9 Karleigh Hahn 9 Sunny Hyvari 9 Jayden Jackson 9 Caleb Knight 9 Cooper Lester 9 Hazelmarie Mann 9 Race Meador 9 Brian Meek 9 Jerusha Oliphant 9 Ella Pettiecord 9 Brody Querry 9 Ragan Roberts 9 Cameron Rumore 9 Amelia Sanchez 9 Brayden Smith 9 Thomas Stanley 9 Kirsten Stout 9 Jenna Thomas 9 Adelin Todd 9 Allison Ulmer 9 Colton VanDoremalen9 Madyline Wood 9 Nevaeh Zucca Happy9 Christopher Beaman10 Landon Biermann 10 Gracie Brown 10 Evin Collins 10 Alexander Craig 10 Trent Craven 10 Jackson Doty 10 Brendan Faulkner 10 Harley Garrison 10 Klayton Glaspy 10 Emma Hill 10 Delena Holtzclaw 10 Elizabeth Hormell 10 Carson Jackson 10 Tayvion Kennedy 10 Kolin Kincaid 10 Daniel King 10 Daniel Konrardy 10 Madalyn MacDonald10 Ziya Miller 10 Natalinn Moore 10 Kamryn Painter 10 Lauren Park 10 Nyah Patrick 10 Owen Peterson 10 Kara Rodgers 10 Teagan Schultz 10 Hunter Scoma 10 Mikiah Shilling 10 Rylee Smith 10 Sydnie Speakman 10 Richard Spor 10 Jviana Starchman 10 Shelby Stodden 10 Savanah Strown 10 Danielle Trail 10 Kaden Verdi 10 Justin Wright 10 Allison Armstrong 11 Kinzi Bandy 11 Alissa Bender 11 Halee Berry 11 Ryan Berry 11 Chloe Booker 11 Cristian Canales 11 Caleb Cavanaugh 11 Alexia Civils 11 Brooklynn Clevenger11 Carly Colbert 11 Tayler Davis 11 Cole Dickey 11 Mary Douglas 11 Mason Duncan 11 Eliott Everett 11 Emmett Fasching 11 Aubreanna Halberstadt Parish11 Morgan Hammerstrom 11 Brenden Hatch 11 Zenna Hiatt 11 Jaysun Houser 11 Brody Hurla 11 Elijah Ishmael 11 Joseph James 11 Gastin Johnson 11 Kat Knecht 11 Isaiah Manus 11 Kylor Meek 11 Gracey Mullin 11 Baylee O'Dell 11 Alexa Patrick 11 Jimena Perez-Espinoza11 Wyatt Pontalion 11 Alani Price 11 Abigail Rash 11 Jena Redmon 11 Em Rice 11 Gunnar Scrivener 11 Jessica Sharp 11 Olivia Smith 11 Jasmine Tracy 11 Micah Walter 11 Kali Washburn 11 Jordan Whorton 11 Parker Wilson 11 Abigail Xiong 11 Jacob Adams 12 Jayce Brown 12 Madison Bryant 12 Connor Bush 12 Juan Chapa 12 Khilee Costello 12 Jennifer Davis 12 Rachel Davis 12 Andrew DeOrnellis 12 Mackenzie Gooding 12 Gage Hagan 12 Dayden Hall 12 Presley Holman 12 Jackson Holmes 12 Nevaeh Hormell 12 Jackson Hughes 12 Carter Johnston 12 Kiera McCant 12 Samantha McDonald12 Faith McFerrin 12 Jordan Miller 12 Braxton Moffett 12 Colson Moore 12 Chance Moreland 12 Maria Mudarra 12 Lee Mueller 12 Hannah Parsons 12 Rowyn Pekarek 12 Ericka Perks 12 Ayanna Petersen 12 Jordan Reynolds 12 Alicia Santiago 12 Domenick Thomas 12 Katherine White 12 Ethan Williams 12