December 2020

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Starting the varsity boys basketball season against a team that came out hot from outside the three-point line was not something the Tigers were expecting. But that is what happened during Excelsior Springs’ 59-39 loss Dec.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers were undefeated through their first week of varsity girls basketball. Coach J.D.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – It appears senior Mayce Barber will have some more softball games to pitch after she graduates from Excelsior Springs High School. Barber has signed a national letter of intent to continue her education and softball career at Missouri University of Science & Technology in Rolla.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs High School commons will soon be quieter. ‘ The Board of Education agreed to install wood panels on the commons ceiling.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Lane of Lights tradition continues with a distinct claim to fame. While doing last-minute, opening day work on the lights, Clint Hylton says he believes Excelsior Springs has the longest Christmas lights tunnel in the metro area.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The City Council approved the Fire Department’s radio system upgrade request. Assistant Chief of Communications Camron White told city leaders in a memo that updating the system would cost $291,018 with an estimated $2,500 licensing fee.

RICHMOND – The idea some in Washington floated – that COVID-19 would disappear after the presidential election – has proved false nationally and in Clay and Ray counties. Including most of the northern part of Kansas City, Clay County in the past week has recorded another 15 deaths.

Betty D. Wilson, 93, of Excelsior Springs, passed away Wednesday, Nov.

Robert (Bob) Henry Asbacher, 79, passed away peacefully in his home in Excelsior Springs on Nov. 23, 2020.

Doris M. Kaiser, 87, of Excelsior Springs, died Dec.