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PLUMMETING FROM HEAVEN AND CLIMBING UP AGAIN

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Dan Meers talks about an unusual career. As expected. After all, he is a hall of famer. Oh, not the one in Canton, Ohio, where Patrick Mahomes II and Travis Kelce will be enshrined someday. He is in the little one in Whiting, Indiana: the Mascot Hall of Fame.
A PROJECTION during the annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast shows KC Wolf holding the Super Bowl trophy won in February by the Kansas City Chiefs. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff

City approves UTVs for road usage

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – A new City Council rule lets residents drive utility task vehicles on city streets and highways where speed limits are 45 mph or lower. The council acted after community members had asked city officials to permit UTV use, Excelsior Springs Police Department Chief Clinton Reno stated in an Oct.

Court rules Galloway has right to view records commission wants kept secret

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RICHMOND – Clay County Commissioners Gene Owen and Luann Ridgeway lost another bid to prevent Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway from seeing commission meeting records, based on information released Monday.

“The Missouri Constitution does not limit the auditor’s access to certain kinds of records or evidence in conducting the audit,” Clay County Circuit Judge James Van Amburg ruled after hearing from both sides in the case Oct. 23.

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COVID CANDIDATES

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COLUMBIA – The only time Gov. Mike Parson and state Auditor Nicole Galloway have appeared, or will appear, in a political forum focused on the Nov. 3 governor’s race took place Oct. 9 at the Missouri Theatre in Columbia.
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In Clay County, lawyers rate judges

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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Judicial Performance Review Committee provided Missouri voters with their performance findings for 52 nonpartisan judges who will be up for retention in the Nov. 3 general elections, including in Clay County.
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Deputy assessor for Clay County seeks to move up

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Clay County Deputy Assessor Tracy Baldwin, 48, Kearney, a Republican, plans to step into the seat being vacated by his boss, Cathy Rinehart, a Democrat. Bruce Cantwell did not return the questionnaire.
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Public administrator seeks re-election

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Clay County Public Administrator Sarah Mills Rottgers, 41, seeks re-election. A Republican, she is opposed by Democrat Jeremy Eden, who did not return this newspaper’s questionnaire.
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