November 2020

ORRICK – Orrick Christian Church dropped by the Veterans Community Project Outreach Center in Kansas City to deliver more than 700 items and more than $1,700 in donations as a tribute to veterans in honor of Veterans Day 2020.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city races the calendar while looking to make facilities more energy efficient. On Nov.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – High school classes are all-virtual through Nov. 30.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Police Chief Clint Reno has the go-ahead to buy a new patrol vehicle. The City Council approved Reno’s request Nov.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Another varsity softball season is in the books. The Tigers finished 7-12 overall and 2-4 in Missouri River Valley Conference West Division play.

OAK GROVE – Excelsior Springs’ losing streak in varsity boys soccer continued in district play. But the Tigers’ season did not.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – It did not take long for winter sports practices to come to a halt at Excelsior Springs High School because of student-athletes testing positive for COVID-19. The girls basketball team was the first group the virus hit.

COLUMBIA – Last week at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course, Excelsior Springs junior Tyler Rumore did something for the first time in his high school cross country career: He competed in a Class 4 state championship race.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Football Association has notched another West Central Youth Football League title. The ESFA’s fifth-grade group capped its WCYFL title run recently with a 25-0 win over Harrisonville.

RICHMOND – The coronavirus pandemic is affecting how area schools stage winter sports activities, including practices. Richmond Activities Director Matt Habermehl stated Oct.