August 2021

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – With the COVID-19 Delta variant making more children sick than the original virus, the school board voted Monday to require masks in school. This follows the district’s earlier measures in anticipation of schools opening.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The City Council approved two bids Aug. 16 to help address water system concerns.

Body Lies and half-truths are the stuff of myth, not history. True history, like true science, should be objective.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers got some gamelike action on Aug. 20, when they hosted Kearney and Chillicothe in a preseason boys soccer jamboree.

Body KANSAS CITY – Excelsior Springs’ Aug. 20 preseason varsity football jamboree at St. Pius X High School in Kansas City gave coach Mark Faubion an idea of where his Tigers stand entering Friday’s season opener.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers have high expectations this football season, based in part on what happened last season. “A lot of our kids have had a thousand repetitions, and with what we do, that is going to be a big benefit for us this year,” coach Mark Faubion said.

Body LIBERTY – Clay County Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte said he will ask fellow commissioners to honor the memory and decades of public service of former Presiding Commissioner Ed Quick. Nolte is a Republican and Quick served as a Democrat.

Body JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri is set for redistricting – lines being redrawn for U.S. House and Missouri House and Senate seats.