December 2024

The Excelsior Standard, Dec. 6, 2024 Allen O’Dell, 97, of Excelsior Springs died peacefully Nov.

Lilly Smith, Haylee Ray, Lilly Goetz, Analese Happy and Bristol Sharp returned to Excelsior Springs from the Lathrop Turkey Break Invitational as champions. Smith won the 235-pound title at the Nov.

For the first half, Excelsior Springs senior Jake Zapata and his fellow Tigers kept their varsity boys basketball season opener with Kansas City East close. The Bears, however, pulled away the second half, handing the Tigers a 58-37 defeat Nov.

Turnovers hurt Excelsior Springs in its 61-37 seasonopening loss to Lafayette County of Higginsville in varsity girls basketball. Lafayette County’s three-point shooting and inside scoring didn’t help either.

As Thanksgiving has come and gone, I find myself experiencing a complex mix of emotions. At the heart of it all is a profound sense of gratitude.