February 2023

In 1980, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated Finland 4-2 to win the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York..

The Excelsior Springs Police Department reported the following arrests handled recently by the department. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 At 11:30 a.m., Ronald Lana, 44, was arrested for failure to restrain.

Another Excelsior Springs football player is taking his game beyond high school. Senior offensive/defensive lineman Lance Bown recently signed his letter to play at Evangel University, an NAIA program, in Springfield, where he plans to major in psychology before moving on to police academy training.

Uptown Roots Salon in Excelsior Springs is looking for youth in the area who have started up businesses. Owner Erica Todd-Burton says she believes that children can be entrepreneurs too, and she wants to help them pursue their business dreams by hosting pop-up markets featuring their products.

This past Tuesday, Excelsior Springs felon Timothy Haslett, 40, was indicted to the grand jury by Clay County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson on Haslett’s nine felony counts. The felonies include one count of rape in the first degree, four counts of sodomy in the first degree, one count of kidnapping in the first degree, two counts of assault in the second degree and one count of endangering the welfare of a child.

During the Wood Heights City Council meeting Monday, resident David Stephens came in before the council members, including Mayor Frank Davitt, council members Kathy Hart, Randy Jones, Bernard Allen, Ron Lambert and City Clerk Merry Marler. Stephens expressed frustrations with the members and asked about communication.

Missouri Department of Natural Resources recently awarded Excelsior Springs a grant for $3,891,114 to be used to replace a bridge located on North Main Street along the Dry Fork River and for rehabilitation of the “old laundry mat” lot.

Wins continue to elude Excelsior Springs in varsity girls basketball. The Tigers had lost nine straight entering Thursday night’s Greater Kansas City Suburban Conference-Blue Division road meeting with Grandview.

Chance Moreland will continue playing football after high school. But he won’t play the same position he played in high school.

Note: Old newspaper articles from the 1800s and early 1900s frequently referred to African Americans as ‘colored.’ There may be quotations in this article in which the quotation from a newspaper is copied verbatim as originally published. No offense is intended.