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Charge follows gunfire in Excelsior Springs

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Allegedly firing and then pointing a weapon in Excelsior Springs resulted in Kaleb G. McIntosh, 19, Excelsior Springs, facing a felony charge. “Everything turned out well. Nobody was injured,” Capt. Robert Warner reported April 15 to the City Council.

Correction

4 years ago By News Staff

Body Jacob Schmidt was incorrectly identified on second reference in our April 8 issue in listing the three Excelsior Springs medalists at the Winnetonka Tournament. Ethan Edwards placed sixth, Schmidt was seventh and Eli Smith placed 15th in the tournament.

Cooley Lake Art Show draws 12 artists; 20 paintings, photos

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Opening night for the Cooley Lake Art Show drew 12 artists, who displayed 20 works of art – photographs and paintings – on April 8 at the Excelsior Springs Museum and Archives.

IN PREPARATION for opening night of the Cooley Lake Art Show on April 8 at the Excelsior Springs Museum and Archives, volunteer Beth Humphreys pours cool drinks for guests.

City seeks federal grant for street work

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The City Council approved an agreement April 4 to seek a federal grant to make road improvements. The city sought a grant in 2021 but did not receive money.

Meadowlark land parcel rezoned for business use

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The City Council rezoned land on Meadowlark Lane from an apartment district to a business district April 4 at the Hall of Waters, as requested by the Earl J. McElwee Trust.

City gives nod to company for additional road projects

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city is again calling on Lamp Rynearson to oversee road maintenance and repairs.

STREET WORK will address cracks like these.

Partnership gets $50,000

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Downtown Excelsior Partnership, or DEP, received $50,000 to allocate grants for external building improvements downtown. On April 4 at the Hall of Waters, the City Council approved the money for the DEP’s Façade Program.

AWNINGS and signs help brighten downtown streets, as seen during the Oct. 8 Excelsior Springs High School Homecoming Parade while cheerleaders march along Broadway Avenue. Downtown Excelsior Springs Partnership grants are available to help add, replace or improve awnings and signs downtown. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff

Leaders ‘press pause’ on pit bull repeal

4 years ago By Shawn Roney

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – City leaders want to refine Excelsior Springs’ rules governing dangerous dogs before possibly repealing a decades-old pit bull ban. An ordinance repealing the ban was on the agenda for Monday night’s City Council meeting at the Hall of Waters.

PIT BULLS can be friendly, but as anyone who has been attacked by one will attest, pit bulls can horribly scar or even kill the people they attack

MoDOT works on U.S. 169

4 years ago By News Staff

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Missouri Department of Transportation will start pavement repairs on U.S. 169, north and south, between Route KK and 200th Street at the Clinton County line from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday until April 29.

‘THE COVID-19 CRISIS IS OVER’

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

Body RICHMOND – COVID-19 numbers are down – way down – from earlier this year in Ray County. Numbers are down statewide, too.

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