March 2022

State leaders suggest public should pay for public records

4 years ago By News Staff

Missourians in 1973 could have felt secure that the then-newly approved state Sunshine Law made public records and meetings easy to access, but today’s lawmakers often bare their hairy assertions of ignorance, if not outright contempt for the Sunshine Law.

THE PUBLIC will be forced to pay to get access to public information in Missouri if Gov. Mike Parson – together with Rep. Bruce DeGroot and others in the General Assembly – continue on a path that will render this state’s already weak Sunshine Law useless. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff

Dari-B’s season opens with city’s cherry on top

4 years ago By News Staff

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Having opened the new season for ice cream a few days earlier, Dari-B received recognition during the City Council meeting Monday. Mayor Sharon Powell proclaimed March to be Dari-B Month.

THE BALLINGER FAMILY, left, has their ice cream stand, Dari-B, recognized Monday at the Excelsior Springs City Council meeting by Mayor Sharon Powell, right, who declares March Dari-B Month.

Mo. petition process should continue as is

4 years ago By News Staff

The right to redress government is part of the U.S. Constitution and is practiced with vigor in Missouri, but some Republicans want to change that and are meeting opposition rightly from conservatives within their own party.

Putin wants USSR’s return

4 years ago By News Staff

From its beginning in 1918, Russian Communists led by Lenin and then Stalin sought to control populations by intimidation, brutality and death. Lenin murdered 6 million people and Stalin three times as many. During Stalin’s reign from 1925 to 1953, Communism spread to Eastern Europe, China, North Korea, Vietnam and Cuba. President Reagan referred to the USSR as the “evil empire,” and President Eisenhower stated the Soviet government believed in the “force of huge armies, subversion and rule of neighboring nations.”

ES bowlers tie for 2nd

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

LEE’S SUMMIT – Excelsior Springs rolled its way to a tie for second place in February in a club bowling tournament at Summit Lanes in Lee’s Summit. The Tigers rolled a 289 in their first game, then followed that with a 231.

ES girls bow out in district tourney

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

OAK GROVE – The Tigers were one and done in the postseason in girls basketball. Excelsior Springs’ season ended Feb.

Ashworth places sixth at juco nationals

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

WORTHINGTON, Minnesota – An Excelsior Springs High School graduate continues to experience success as a wrestler in junior college. Damon Ashworth, who graduated in 2021, just finished his freshman season at Minnesota West Community and Technical College as a juco All-American.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS graduate Damon Ashworth, flanked by his parents, Jake Ashworth and Jackie Roberts, is an NJCAA All-American at Minnesota West Community and Technical College. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Excelsior Springs boys edge Panthers, fall to Spartans in districts

4 years ago By Dustin Danner

OAK GROVE – This season, Excelsior Springs did something the Tigers had not done since 2017: They won a district boys basketball game. Excelsior Springs ended the drought Feb.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS senior Gannon Willis, right, finds himself one on one against Richmond senior Keyshaun Elliott in the paint during the Tigers’ March 1, season-ending loss to the Spartans in the Class 4 District 15 Tournament at Oak Grove High School. SHAWN RONEY | Staff

Jimmie Dale Frost Jr.

4 years ago By News Staff

Jimmie Dale Frost, Jr., 58, of Rayville, MO passed away on March 3, 2022. Mr. Frost was born Sept. 2, 1963, in Jackson County, MO.
Jimmie loved to ride motorcycles, go fishing, tell stories, sing and help others.
He was preceded in death by his father, Jimmie Dale Frost, Sr.; mother, Charlene Pearl Scott; and brother Richard Dye.

Lance Hart Lamb

4 years ago By News Staff

Lance Hart Lamb passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at North Kansas City Hospital. He was born in Oceanside, California on August 14, 1952, to Cecil (Bud) Lamb and Patricia Lamb (Hart).