August 2021

ESSD offers COVID procedures, ‘safe return’ plan

2 years ago By Shawn Roney

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.

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City Council approves work on sludge basins, water model

2 years ago By Shawn Roney

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

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Teach history to fit students’ age levels

2 years ago By News Staff

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

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Tigers get game-like reps while hosting boys soccer jamboree

2 years ago By Dustin Danner

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

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Faubion sees ‘room for improvement’ in Tigers after jamboree

2 years ago By Dustin Danner

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.

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ESSD has COVID procedures, ‘safe return’ plan ready to go

2 years ago By Shawn Roney

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – With the COVID-19 Delta variant impacting children more than the original virus, the school board voted Monday to require masks in school.

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Wreck takes 6-year-old’s life; four others injured seriously

2 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – A wreck that left a 6-year-old child dead also left a 4-year-old child, two teenagers and a 24-year-old man with serious injuries.

The wreck occurred about 7:35 p.m. Aug. 20 at 805 E. Seybold Road, Excelsior Springs, based on reports and comments from the Excelsior Springs Police Department and the Missouri Highway Patrol.

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Tigers hope 2020 gridiron reps will pay off in 2021

2 years ago By Dustin Danner

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.

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Presiding commissioner hopes to honor former presiding commissioner

2 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

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.

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Plans to redraw House, Senate maps underway

2 years ago By News Staff

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

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Join Excelsior Springs Hospital’s Senior Life Solutions this May as we celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to spread awareness and help break down the stigma surrounding mental illness. We live in a rapidly changing world that can be complex to navigate.

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