November 2021

Care Connection can help enroll in Health Insurance Marketplace

4 years ago By News Staff

Body WARRENSBURG – Care Connection has licensed navigators who can provide one-on-one, unbiased information and enrollment help for people interested in the Health Insurance Marketplace, agency information states.

Reader wants broadband now

4 years ago By News Staff

Body For years, I have read in The Richmond News how Emanuel Cleaver II is bringing broadband to rural Ray County. Where is it? I haven’t seen it.

Thanksgiving calls for attitude of gratitude

4 years ago By News Staff

Body If you have enough to eat, a place to live, a way to get around, people who care about you or people you care about, then you are wealthy. If you lack any of these elements, you must still be grateful for what you do have while striving to obtain whatever is absent.

Former resident’s family book ranges from Dalton Gang to interior design

4 years ago By News Staff

Body KANSAS CITY – In the book “Out Front Together,” Jim Dalton reveals the price paid – by his family in Ray County, the people of Kansas City, Independence and western Missouri – for race hatred before, during and after the Civil War to the present day.

Tigers fall to Smithville in district finals

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

Body SMITHVILLE – The Tigers’ 52- 10 season-ending loss to undefeated, top-ranked Smithville did not change Excelsior Springs varsity football coach Mark Faubion’s opinion of his team’s season.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS senior kick returner Dacey Hall, No. 19, breaks down and looks for a hole to run through during the Tigers’ 52-10 Nov. 12 road loss to Smithville in the Class 4 District 8 title game. DUSTIN DANNER | Staff

Tigers punch ticket for state semis

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

Body ROGERSVILLE – The Tigers are going to the state semifinals again in boys soccer. Excelsior Springs advanced to the Class 2 semis with a 3-2 shootout victory Nov.

Merle Joy Teer

4 years ago By News Staff

Body Merle Joy Teer, 93, passed away on Sunday, November 14, 2021 at the Veteran’s Home in Cameron, Missouri. Merle was born in Hugo, Missouri on February 20, 1928 to Marion and Flora Childers Teer. He accepted the Lord at the age of six and was a member of the Dove Baptist Church.

Phyllis Darlene O'Connell

4 years ago By News Staff

Body Phyllis O’Connell, 82, of Rayville, MO, passed away peacefully at home on November 11, 2021. Visitation will be held at 1:00 PM with the funeral service at 2:00 PM Monday, November 15, 2021, at St.

Esther Marie Clevenger

4 years ago By News Staff

Body Esther Marie Clevenger, 87, Excelsior Springs, MO. passed away November 11, 2021. A graveside service will be held at 1pm, Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at Hillcrest Cemetery.

Church plans warehouse, thrift store

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Church of Liberty Pastor Doug Perry said his church is taking on a new project to aid those who need help making ends meet. Area residents might know the church for work since 2015 to shelter the poor about 1.5 miles north of Walmart.

CHURCH OF LIBERTY Pastor Doug Perry drives a forklift while moving a few of the thousands of boxes of paper products into position in the church warehouse in Excelsior Springs. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff