June 2025

A former Excelsior Springs baseball player is living out a dream since his playing career ended. Jaxen Gibson, a 2019 Excelsior Springs High School graduate, recently finished his second season as a graduate assistant coach at Mineral Area College, a Park Hills-based junior college.

Maddie Wenz wasn’t off the soccer pitch long. Wenz, who recently finished her sophomore year at Excelsior Springs, participated in a youth and high school soccer camp May 27-29 at Tiger Stadium – less a week after the end of her varsity girls season.

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A sober living home on Dawn Avenue is raising alarm among neighbors, with one Excelsior Springs resident demanding answers about how the facility began operating without notice or permits. Cody Montroy, who lives on Todd Street, recently raised concerns to the Excelsior Springs City Council about a house at 21 Dawn Avenue being used as a halfway house.

After four decades of climbing ladders and building a reputation for quality, Rick McLendon is handing over the keys – but not the name – of his longtime Excelsior Springs business. In March, ownership of McLendon Seamless Guttering officially transferred to Sam and Whitney Sparks.

As temperatures climb and motorcycles reappear on Missouri roadways, one local motor officer is issuing a reminder that even the smallest oversight can turn deadly. From his seat on a policeissued motorcycle, Claycomo Police Department Sergeant Jared Sartin has a front-row view of the risks riders face – and the behaviors that put them in danger.

Despite repeated bond violations and objections from prosecutors, an Excelsior Springs woman at the center of a Clay County porch theft investigation has been released without bail. Kayley M.

The quiet cast of a fishing line may not sound like law enforcement work, but for the Clay County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), it is a cornerstone of building trust, especially with the next generation.

A software transition that cut Excelsior Springs Hospital’s incoming payments nearly in half has led hospital leadership to request a cash advance on its 2025 property tax revenues collected by the city.

A proposed mining expansion in Mosby has fractured trust between residents and industry, as Ideker Mining defends its operations as safe and regulated, while neighbors warn of dust, damage and a declining quality of life.