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Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Excelsior Springs Hospital CEO Kristen DeHart and her staff received community feedback from 2020 that they plan to use to help improve hospital services.

Body EXCLESIOR SPRINGS – Mayor Sharon Powell issued a proclamation in recognition of Juneteenth, a celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation issued during the Civil War by President Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves.

Body JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson signed Senate bill 63 into law Monday to create a statewide prescription drug monitoring program in Missouri.

Body JEFFERSON CITY – After the new Clay County commissioners dropped lawsuits former Commissioners Gene Owen and Luann Ridgeway had filed to fight a state audit, Auditor Nicole Galloway’s office provided an audit update.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – “As we all know, the COVID pandemic affected the seniors the worst, followed by the homeless population,” Good Samaritan Center Emergency Assistance Coordinator Jennifer Chappel stated.

Body JEFFERSON CITY – Republican and Democratic lawmakers defined success differently after this year’s Missouri General Assembly session. Rep.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Those who remembered fallen service members Monday in Excelsior Springs had to adapt to the weather. Originally, the annual Memorial Day ceremony was expected to take place outdoors at the six veterans monuments on the Clay Ray Veterans Association grounds.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city has tweaked plans for overlaying asphalt on North Jesse James Road and other thoroughfares. On May 17, the City Council approved a $64,465 change order for road repairs.

Body After about a decade of wriggling and whining, with copious amounts of pretense sprinkled liberally upon nonsense, the Republican-dominated General Assembly – kicking and screaming to the last – finally agreed that online businesses should pay the same sales tax that mom-and-pop...

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The school district has another new math service. On May 10, the Board of Education approved an agreement with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to provide Into Math services for grades K-5, effective the 2021-22 school year and priced at $112,043.