June 2024

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Attorney Kevin R. Corlew and Lydia R. McEvoy, representing Sheriff Scott Childers, have filed a motion through the Ray County court system requesting permission to amend the affirmative defenses and add counterclaims in response to the quo warranto filed by Attorney General Andrew Bailey earlier this year.

June 15 has officially been proclaimed World Elder Abuse Awareness Day in Excelsior Springs. During a recent city council meeting, Excelsior Springs Mayor Mark Spohn presented Councilman John McGovern with a special proclamation.

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In the June 7 edition of The Standard, it was incorretly stated that Destiny Gantos was charged with unlawful use of a firearm but should have listed unlawful possession of a firearm..

A Lawson woman has been arrested after a warrant was issued out of Caldwell County. Hazel M.

The lack of body cameras for Excelsior Springs Police Department (ESPD) officers amid reports of excessive force was a topic addressed by a local resident during a recent city council. Resident Morgan Mihalko took the floor to express his profound unease about the issue.

The Excelsior Standard, June 14, 2024 Dorothy Stratton Dorothy Jean (Mills) Stratton, 97, of Excelsior Springs, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, cousin and friend, died June 8, 2024, surrounded by her family. Born July 4, 1926, the daughter of Alonzo and Mattie (Clevenger) Mills, Dorothy attended all eight grades at Union School, a one-room country school near Orrick, then Excelsior Springs High School.

The Excelsior Standard, June 14, 2024 Oct. 11, 1939-June 3, 2024 Rome, Ga.