May 2022

Sonja Joan Manley (Dougherty)

4 years ago By News Staff

On Friday, May 6, 2022, Sonja Joan Manley (Dougherty), loving wife and mother of four, passed away peacefully at home and surrounded by family at the age of 82.  On Dec. 28, 1939, Sonja was born to John and Goldie Dougherty in Burchard, NE.

Velma Frances Clancy

4 years ago By News Staff

Velma Frances Clancy, 93, of Excelsior Springs, Missouri passed away April 28, 2022 at Valley Manor. Visitation will be held at 1:00PM on Friday, May 13, 2022 at Hidden Valley Funeral Home of Excelsior Springs with a graveside service at Richmond Memorial Gardens to follow.

Sylvia Christeen (Poe) Boston

4 years ago By News Staff

Sylvia Christeen (Poe) Boston, 86, of Excelsior Springs, MO., passed away May 2nd, 2022 at the Excelsior Springs Hospital. Sylvia was born July 23rd, 1935 to Franklin and Frances Poe in Grant City, MO. Her greatest joys were her family and her friends. She lived that devotion every day.

Police make arrest following bank robbery

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Crime does not pay, especially when the law and gangster Al Capone are out to deliver justice on the mean streets of downtown Excelsior Springs.

ROBBERS Alinah Dodd, 15; and Robert Bowman, 18, skedaddle. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff

Lots of thoughts about a Tiger-turned-Griffon-turned Raider

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

Sam Webb has been on my mind a lot lately. Webb is an Excelsior Springs High Webb is an Excelsior Springs High School graduate who played cornerback at Missouri Western State University, an NCAA Division II school in St.

SAM WEBB RAY-CLAY AREA GRAD-TURNED NFL SIGNEE

City seeks more road maintenance money

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city could receive up to $57,878 more to help with road projects, thanks to an agreement between Excelsior Springs and the Mid-America Regional Council.

Hospital closes COVID clinic

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Hospital drive-through COVID clinic closed Sunday. During an April 15 work session at the Hall of Waters, hospital CEO Kristen DeHart told city leaders the clinic would close, citing a decrease in COVID cases.

Clay, Platte counties, state of Kansas each charge Excelsior Springs resident with various crimes

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – More felony charges have been filed against Joshua Edward McCoy, 31, Excelsior Springs. McCoy faces mostly felony bad check charges, which have been filed in Clay and Platte counties in Missouri, and Johnson County in Kansas.

Excelsior Springs seniors hold parade of graduates

4 years ago By Emily Rice

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – What began in 2020 during the pandemic has become an annual rite of passage in Excelsior Springs. The High School Senior Parade will take place at 5 p.m.

THE 2021 Excelsior Springs High School Senior Parade includes Emily Milledge.

AIR IN THE HAIR AT CITY HEALTH FAIR

4 years ago By News Staff

ON A BLUSTERY SATURDAY in the Excelsior Springs Community Center parking lot, community members take advantage of health screenings and other information – and freebies. Getting freebies, from left, are the Saunders sisters – Margaret, 4; Charlotte, 7; and Amelia, 7. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA