June 2022

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.

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.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – It only took three years, but Excelsior Springs’ largest celebration finally returns June 24 and 25. Opening at 2 p.m.

KANSAS CITY – An Excelsior Estates man has been convicted by a federal trial jury for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Mark A.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Police Department is getting new video cameras to monitor activity in its jail cells. On June 6 at the Hall of Waters, the City Council approved Chief Greg Dull’s request to have cameras installed in six adult cells and the cell for juveniles.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – A new area restaurant hopes to open this week. Troy’s Grill and Bar is coming to 101 W.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Rainbow Splash Park could expand in 2023, Parks and Recreation and Community Center Director Nate Williams told city leaders June 6 at the Hall of Waters. Williams mentioned that possibility shortly before the City Council approved a 12-month lease agreement with the First United Methodist Church for the city to handle upkeep on a parcel of property between the church and park.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – An old power plant is about to disappear from a historic site. On June 6, the City Council approved a $24,400 bid by Dehn Demolition of Independence to level the plant, located in the 100 block of Dunbar sitting southwest of the Wyman building.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Wine lovers got to sample more than 85 wines offered by 20 of Missouri’s wineries, and beer lovers got to taste some beers from craft breweries, June 11 during the 16th Annual Wine Fest along Lover’s Lane.