November 2020

Let’s talk turkey. (No one says that anymore.

KANSAS CITY – Vaping is linked to a higher risk of COVID-19 among teens and young adults, based on a study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city continues its participation in the Mid-America Regional Council’s Regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection program. An agreement with MARC to participate in the program in 2021 won approval Nov.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Plans for additional apartment housing in Excelsior Springs are underway. The city approved preliminary and final plats for an expansion of the Lynn Park Apartments, the fivebuilding housing campus at 701 Tiger Drive that is bordered on its east side by U.S.

Patricia Lou Calvin, 89, of Excelsior Springs, passed away on Nov. 15, 2020, at Liberty Hospital from complications of COVID-19.

At 8:15 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, Jerry Ray Sanson, 80, departed this world to continue his kind, caring and gentle demeanor in heaven. Although he was a strongwilled man, his strength could not overcome the complications compounded by a stroke.

Linda (Summers) Evans, of Lawson, passed away at Liberty Hospital from COVID-19 on Nov. 5, 2020, at age 74.

Richard William Garvin, 81, of Rayville, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020.

Linda Ruth (Stanton) Walker, 83, a longtime resident of Excelsior Springs, passed away Nov. 14, 2020, at Excelsior Springs Nursing and Rehab.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers met two of their goals this varsity girls tennis season. They expected to grow throughout the season.