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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The school board approved an incentive Nov. 8 at the Support Services Center to address a bus driver shortage.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The school district is about to hit what Joe Kinder calls “a home run,” speaking financially. Kinder is managing director with Stifel, Nicolaus and Co.

WASHINGTON – Missouri remains the U.S. population center.

KANSAS CITY – In the book “Out Front Together,” Jim Dalton reveals the price paid – by his family in Ray County, the people of Kansas City, Independence and western Missouri – for race hatred before, during and after the Civil War to the present day.

WARRENSBURG – Care Connection has licensed navigators who can provide one-on-one, unbiased information and enrollment help for people interested in the Health Insurance Marketplace, agency information states.

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri has spent $222 million of the $1.7 billion received under the American Rescue Plan, or ARP, Act so far, based on State Auditor Nicole Galloway’s reports. The reports are the first to track the state’s spending of ARP funds, which Missouri began receiving in May.

LEXINGTON – To organize a force of ferocious killers, start with teenagers who can be molded, the outlaw Frank James told a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Three Clay County residents have earned their wings as pilots, Thomas Creel of Excelsior Springs Memorial Airport reported. Monty Freeman served as their instructor.

WARRENSBURG – A year after many just received driver licenses, 10 students will receive private pilot’s certification after successfully completing an eightweek program at the University of Central Missouri.

RICHMOND – The Secretary of State’s Office has reminded candidates of a change in election filing dates. The change affects when candidates can start filing and when filing ends for the April general municipal elections, including in Excelsior Springs.