April 2026

Victoria Denise Cobb, 74, of Excelsior Springs passed away peacefully March 8, 2026, at her home. She was born Dec.

Excelsior Springs tennis coach Richie Marsh had to do some lineup shuffling when his varsity boys squad faced Carrollton Monday in a home dual. That afternoon, the Tigers were without Bruce Bowen and Carter Clinton, Marsh said.

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Clay County experienced low voter participation in the April 7 General Municipal Election, with unofficial results showing only 8.64% of registered voters casting ballots across all precincts. Of the 153,962 registered voters in Clay County, only 13,302 chose to vote in the election.

An Excelsior Springs man who faced a felony weapons charge has been placed on probation after a plea agreement reduced the case to a lesser offense. Myles L. Casey, 28, recently entered a guilty plea before Clay County Circuit Court Judge Karen Krauser to one misdemeanor count of peace disturbance.

Plans for Morocco Estates have shifted from duplex lots to denser townhouse-style housing after Excelsior Springs approved a rezoning request for the undeveloped subdivision. Excelsior Springs City Council members approved the rezoning at a recent meeting, changing the 16-lot subdivision from R-2 two-family residential to R-3, a district allowing cluster, townhouse and garden apartment development.

Mosby’s bid to annex disputed land in Clay County remains alive after a judge denied Excelsior Springs’ request to dismiss the case without a trial. The ruling keeps in place a legal dispute between Excelsior Springs and Mosby over competing efforts to annex the same unincorporated property in Clay County.

YOUNG PARTICIPANTS fill baskets with Easter eggs as residents, staff and families come together outside Aspire Senior Living for the facility’s annual Easter egg hunt..

MAKING A MAD DASH Marques Shouse outran the competition in the boys 200-meter dash at the Savannah High School Invitational. The Excelsior Springs sophomore won the event at the April 2 track and field meet in 23.21 seconds – one of two events the Excelsior Springs boys won.

The weather made its presence felt when Orrick faced Faith Christian Academy in an April 2 boys golf dual at the Excelsior Springs Golf Course, Orrick senior Trent Windsor acknowledged. “You can’t really ignore 30-, 40-mph winds,” Windsor said early in his ninehole round.