October 2021

PECULIAR – More than 50 schools and nearly 600 varsity runners made the Oct. 2 trek to Peculiar to compete in the Kansas City Metro Cross Country Invitational, hosted by Raymore-Peculiar, including runners from Excelsior Springs.

RICHMOND – For the third time in as many years, The Richmond News, sister paper of The Excelsior Springs Standard, won the Missouri Press Association’s Gold Cup Sweepstakes Award. The newspaper achieved 13 first-place, 11 second-place, seven third-place and six honorable mention awards.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – City water rates fall, but trash rates rise. On Sept.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Police Department had two members involved in this year’s Sept. 11 memorial stair climb at the Town Pavilion in Kansas City: Ryan Dowdy and Samantha Nash.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Missouri Press Association inducted the editor-inchief of The Excelsior Springs Standard and the Richmond News, Jack “Miles” Ventimiglia, into the Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame on Sept. 24.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city’s 25-year relationship with T-Mobile will continue following a brief hiccup. On Sept.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Fire Department’s ambulance service rates increased. On Sept.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – As the Oktoberfest crowd watches from along the sidewalks of downtown Excelsior Springs the afternoon of Sept. 25, the annual bed races get underway.