February 2022

Sheriff still seeks leads year after body located

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

Body MISSOURI CITY – After finding the body of Alesha Jane Reade, 45, Independence, Feb. 11, 2021, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office continues to seek closure for her family.

Critical race theory pales vs. real issues

4 years ago By News Staff

Body George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are two of the greatest men this nation has produced. Both had flaws, too. Scratching the surface, Washington had faults as a military tactician and Jefferson in dealing with trade.

City workers get cost-of-living raise

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – City workers will receive a 3% cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, to their wages, starting in March. The City Council approved the COLA Feb.

SPENDING ISSUES

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

Body LIBERTY – A former Excelsior Springs resident faces multiple felony charges in Clay and Platte counties involving the alleged spending of money he did not have at area businesses. Joshua Edward McCoy, 31, 20023 N.E.

THIS RESIDENCE is where Joshua Edward McCoy, 31, was living. He is living in the Clay County Jail. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff

O-fer second quarter hurts ES girls in home defeat

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Take away the second quarter and the Tigers win their Feb. 10 Missouri River Valley Conference West Division varsity girls basketball meeting with visiting Harrisonville, instead of losing 41-27.

Boys edge Harrisonville, end dry spell

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers lifted a weight off their backs Feb. 10.

THE FINAL FIVE

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The field is set for the Class 2 state boys wrestling competition. That field includes five Excelsior Springs grapplers.

THE EXCELSIOR SPRINGS boys wrestlers advancing to this week’s Class 2 state competition are, from left, freshman Ryne Marcum, senior Ayden Dolt, senior Landen Davis, sophomore Micah Danner and freshman Lane Crowley. DUSTIN DANNER | Staff

Darlene Joyce (Hill) Wall

4 years ago By News Staff

Body Darlene Joyce (Hill) Wall, 86, of Excelsior Springs, MO, passed away Feb. 11, 2022, at Liberty Hospital from Covid complications. Darlene was born on Dec. 7, 1935, in Lincoln, NE, and is the daughter of John Hill and Edna (McMicheal) Hill.

Jack Holtzclaw

4 years ago By News Staff

Body Jack Holtzclaw, 93, of Excelsior Springs, MO passed away Dec. 23, 2021, at home.

Patricia Darlene Wilson

4 years ago By News Staff

Body Patricia Darlene Wilson, 82, of Excelsior Springs, MO, passed away in her home on Feb. 11, 2022. She was born Feb. 7, 1940, in Excelsior Springs, MO.