June 2026

Excelsior Springs will continue to provide ambulance service to portions of eastern Clay County despite rising operational costs and a continuing gap between service expenses and district funding. Council members approved the annual agreement during a recent meeting, allowing the Excelsior Springs Fire Department (ESFD) to continue providing ambulance service to portions of eastern Clay County through the Eastern Clay County Ambulance District.

The child support system can feel overwhelming, emotional and deeply personal for families trying to navigate difficult situations. For one Excelsior Springs native, those experiences eventually became the foundation for a career focused on helping others through some of life’s most challenging moments.

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Representatives from Missouri State Parks are inviting the public to attend Watkins Mill State Park and Watkins Woolen Mill State Historic Site’s conceptual development planning meeting at 6:30 p.m. on June 17, at the park visitor center.

Upperclassman Owen O’Dell and his Excelsior Springs varsity boys basketball teammates are spending their offseason getting to know Doug Burnett, their new coach. A graduate of Park Hill South High School, Burnett has held various head and assistant coaching jobs.

My apathy as a sports fan is growing. A few years ago, after decades of a sometimes passionate, sometimes apathetic, sometimes contemptuous relationship with Major League Baseball, I finally decided I no longer cared about that level of hardball. My apathy is such that I can’t remember the last time I looked for a game to follow.

The Missouri Humanities Council (MHC) has awarded a $5,000 grant to the Excelsior Springs Museum and Archives in support of its “Vietnam Veteran Oral History Project.” MHC is the only statewide agency in Missouri devoted exclusively to humanities education for citizens of all ages and has served as a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities since 1971. The project is being conducted in conjunction with the Museum’s exhibit, “Not Forgotten: Local Stories of the Vietnam War Era,” which is open now through the end of November 2027 at the museum, 101 East Broadway Avenue, in historic downtown Excelsior Springs.

A proposed expansion of multifamily housing near North Jesse James Road is moving forward in Excelsior Springs. Council members approved a rezoning request during a recent meeting for property at 940 North Jesse James Road, allowing the land to be rezoned from a C-O (non-retail business) district to R-3 (cluster, townhouse and garden apartment).

The Excelsior Springs Police Department reported the following arrests handled recently by the department. Wednesday, May 20 At 9:00 a.m., Jennifer Needles, 50, was arrested for animal neglect or abandonment.