April 2024

This year’s Buchheit Scholarship recipients have been announced. Buchheit Enterprises Inc., a farm store chain with locations in Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky and Nebraska, awarded 13 $500 scholarships to Buchheit employees or the children of Buchheit employees. The honorees included 12 Missourians – six of them from Perryville, where Buchheit is based.

Clay Countians looking for ways to landscape their yards might want to take a trip this weekend to Jackson County. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently announced it’ll give out seedlings of black walnut and redbud trees 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

April showers bring… mushrooms? April showers and warm nights make morels (muh-rells) grow and send folks to their favorite mushroom-hunting spots as morels seem to pop up overnight! A wet spring is often the key to a good mushroom year. But a string of nights when the temperature is at or above 50 degrees is the real trigger. Generally, the season lasts four to six weeks. Hot, dry weather quickly ends the season, while cool, moist weather can prolong it to mid-May. Old-timers say that “when the oak leaves are the size of a mouse’s ear then that’s the time to look for morels,” and this usually corresponds with the soil temperature.

After a Municipal Court review by the Office of State Courts Administrator (OSCA), the Excelsior Springs City Council has approved suggested changes to certain ordinances. The city was notified in January of the upcoming review.

Man’s best friends enjoy social outing

The ‘Zombie Drug’ has reached the Clay County area. The Clay County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is starting to see the drug named Xylazine make an appearance in the area during recoveries.

Excelsior Springs celebrates 17 years with an experienced first responder who loves the community and the Excelsior Springs Fire Department (ESFD). From childhood, ESFD Fire Captain Scott Guthrie knew he wanted to become a police officer or work in the fire service.

The Excelsior Standard, April 5, 2024 James Leroy Covey, 77, of Excelsior Springs passed away March 24, 2024, at North Kansas City Hospital. Visitation and services were held March 29 at Hidden Valley Funeral Home of Excelsior Springs.

The Excelsior Standard, April 5, 2024 Marsha Denise (Eade) Ford, 76, left this earth peacefully March 18, 2024, at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Denise was born Oct.

Samuel Lover was right. Lover, as I learned from doing some online research, was a 19th-century writer and painter first credited with using the expression “better to be safe than sorry.” I was reminded of the truthfulness of that statement Monday.