June 2022

Body The Tigerettes have two new coaches – one of them a recent member of that Excelsior Springs High School dance team. Emily West, a 2021 Excelsior Springs graduate, is returning to help the Tigerettes.

Body Norah Craven has a distinction unlike any other in Waterfest history: a three-year reign as Little Ms. Waterfest Queen.

Body Residents in the Excelsior Springs area need to stay weather-aware as severe storms continue to hit, Excelsior Springs Fire Chief Joe Maddick advises. Spring and summer bring heavy rains, high winds and the potential for dangerous storms and tornadoes.

Body The people who make wintertime visits to downtown Excelsior Springs tend to be local folks. That was one bit of information shared by Lyndsey Baxter, Downtown Excelsior Partnership (DEP) Inc.

Body More than 30 people gathered June 18 at the Carolyn Schutte Pocket Park in Excelsior Springs for the Parks and Recreation Department’s Movie in the Park event. The 1993 film “The Sandlot” played on an inflatable screen as a free activity for families and friends.

Body Chelsea Craig wanted to practice yoga without commuting from Excelsior Springs to Kansas City to do so. Her solution to that problem: open a studio here.

Body Chloe Carlyle is spending nearly every weekend this summer in a familiar place: on a softball field. Carlyle, a two-time letter winner in softball at Excelsior Springs High School who catches and is an outfielder for coach Megan Rawie, plays for the 18-and-under Mayhem team.

Body Like a taciturn cowboy in a Hollywood Western movie, longtime editor and reporter Jack “Miles” Ventimiglia kept his remarks brief as he rode off into the sunset, metaphorically speaking, by retiring.