March 2025

The Excelsior Standard, March 14, 2025 Clarence McKay Jr. Deacon Clarence (Bud) McKay Jr., 88, passed peacefully March 7, 2025.

The Excelsior Standard, March 14, 2025 Margaret Ann “Peggy” Craven, 80, went to be with the Lord on March 4, 2025, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Peggy was born Jan.

The Excelsior Standard, March 14, 2025 Ernie Hurt Jr. passed away March 7.

The Excelsior Springs Historic Preservation Awards Program, sponsored by the Excelsior Springs Historic Preservation Commission, is an exciting opportunity for the community to celebrate the outstanding preservation projects that were recently and substantially completed in the city’s historic districts.

The Excelsior Springs Museum and Archives has announced the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall will be on display from Sept. 9-14, 2026.

The fate of the proposed increase on the operating tax levy for Excelsior Springs School District (ESSD) will be decided in the April 8 election. This crucial proposal aims to address staff salaries and benefits in the district.

March is designated as National Self-Harm Awareness Month, and in recognition of this vital time, Beacon Mental Health is committed to sharing valuable insights about self-harm. This month serves as a crucial opportunity to explore and dismantle the typical stereotypes that surround self-harm behaviors, which are frequently misrepresented and misunderstood.

A bond review hearing for a Wood Heights man facing seven felony charges in three separate cases has been canceled after neither the Ray County Prosecutor’s Office nor his special public defender appeared at the court hearing.

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Andrew Morris, an eighth-grade U.S. history teacher at Excelsior Springs Middle School (ESMS), has been named the 2025 Missouri Council for the Social Studies (MCSS) Middle School Teacher of the Year. The award recognizes Morris’s dedication to innovative teaching and his impact on students’ civic engagement and critical thinking skills.