May 2020

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS senior Ethan Day, this year’s Class 2 state boys runner-up in the 113-pound division, has signed a letter of intent to continue his education and wrestling career at the University of Rio Grande in Rio Grande, Ohio. Day plans to study welding and business management.

Kathleen “Kathy” Louise Mynatt, our sister, passed away on May 18, 2020, in Boise, Idaho.

One of the most precious aspects of voting is just how hard people before us have fought to protect it.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The delayed vote on Proposition T – a $23.5 million plan to build one school and improve others in the Excelsior Springs School District – takes place Tuesday.

It’s Election Day. Do you know where your vote is? If you’re keeping it in your back pocket, you may be doing yourself and those around you a civic disservice.

Georgia Dorothy Luke-Reece was born Sept. 1, 1925, in Elmira, Missouri, to the union of Japetha Garner and Slyvia MacDonald. Also born to this union were two sisters, Velma and Beatrice, who both preceded her in death.

SEDALIA – At this time, Missouri State Fair organizers are moving forward with preparations, though timelines have been altered and nothing is certain, for the 11-day fair.

RICHMOND – The 8th Judicial Circuit announced restrictions on who may enter courtrooms in Ray and Clay counties.

LIBERTY – Election officials in Ray and Clay counties have taken steps to minimize the risk of contracting COVID-19 when voters cast in-person votes during the municipal elections Tuesday, June 2.

KANSAS CITY – The Missouri Democratic Party will hold the 2020 Democratic State Convention virtually, a first for the oldest Democratic Party west of the Mississippi.