February 2024

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Excelsior Springs natives are making the community proud as college students. Many of these students have earned college degrees and some also made their school’s Dean’s List.

Orrick Board of Education approved a school calendar amendment which will effect the remainder of the school year. During its February meeting, the board added the following Monday’s to the remainder of the school year: *April 8 *April 15 *April 22 *April 29 *May 6 *May 6 *May 13 *May 20 The last day of school will remain as scheduled, May 22.

Liberty Hospital is encouraging individuals whose personal information is in its computer systems to be on alert for potential fraud and identity theft crimes. Through Dobies Health Marketing, the hospital recently issued a press release stating it was “providing notice of an event that may affect the privacy of certain individuals’ information.” That event occurred in December 2023, when questionable activity involving the hospital’s computer network was detected, prompting the hospital to temporarily power down its systems, notify law enforcement and have the activity investigated, the release stated.

The Excelsior Standard, Feb. 23, 2024 Renfro “Mac” McCubbin Jr., 84, of Liberty passed away Feb.

The Excelsior Standard, Feb. 23, 2024 Jessie Adams, 84, of Excelsior Springs passed away Feb.

The Excelsior Standard, Feb. 23, 2024 Shirley Ross Shirley Coreen (Johnson) Ross was born Aug.

Five Excelsior Springs varsity boys wrestlers were looking to be standing on the awards podium at state competition this week. At press time, Wyett Shipman, Cooper Collins, Micah Danner, Ryne Marcum and Hunter Scoma were competing in the Class 2 state tournament.

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The Excelsior Springs Police Department reported the following arrests handled recently by the department. Friday, January 19 At 9:46 a.m., Joshua Dawson, 30, was arrested for tampering with motor vehicle – 1st degree.