January 2023

Cooper Collins was the top dog – or rather, Tiger – for Excelsior Springs at the 51st Platte County Invitational. The first-year high schooler went 7-0 at the boys wrestling tournament, held Jan.

Excelsior Springs came up short in a seesaw Jan. 11 girls wrestling dual with visiting Kearney.

More often than not, Excelsior Springs found itself on the losing side of doubledigit varsity girls basketball games last week. The girls went 1-3, falling to Platte County 81-14, edging Ewing Marion Kauffman 52-50, falling to Winnetonka 51-40 and then falling to 50-27 to Plattsburg.

The Excelsior Springs School District has made up some financial ground, Superintendent Jaret Tomlinson told district leaders during a recent Board of Education meeting in the Support Services Center.

The Excelsior Springs City Council approved the creation of Westside Community Improvement District (CID) during its Tuesday meeting. Community residents and westside district property owners were in the audience to show support.

Recreational marijuana users who frequent the Kansas City Cannabis dispensary in Excelsior Springs, or any future dispensaries in town, may soon have to pay a city sales tax.

Last week, Excelsior Springs served up two home games for varsity boys basketball fans. One was a thriller.

State Rep. Doug Richey wants to help lower the bill for Missourians with delinquent property taxes. In pursuit of that goal, the Excelsior Springsbased lawmaker has filed House bill 462, legislation to reduce the amount of late charges and interest that can be collected on overdue property taxes.

The Excelsior Springs School District “had a clean audit” of the 2022 fiscal year (FY), auditor Brad Steele told district leaders when the Board of Education convened recently. Speaking on behalf of the Richmond-based accounting firm Westbrook & Co.

Christen Everett, principal of Excelsior Springs High School, is pleased to announce the Standard Honor Roll for Semester 1 of the 2022-23 school year. Students must have a B (3.0) grade point average with no grade below a C-.