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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Brick masons have made “a tremendous amount of progress” in recent weeks on the Cornerstone Elementary School construction project, Superintendent Dan Hoehn reported during the Board of Education’s Dec. 14 meeting on Zoom.

JEFFERSON CITY – Candidate filing for the April school board elections opened Dec. 15 for most school districts in the state, Missouri School Boards’ Association information states.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The City Council has further defined visual eyesores that constitute nuisances. On Dec.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Excelsior Springs Golf Course fees might rise in 2021. General Manger Kyle Hurst has proposed the City Council raise fees, starting New Year’s Day to “help us continue to maintain the high-quality course conditions.” “We’ve done some research to comparable courses in the area (to) see where we are and where we’d like to be … to keep the course at … as high a level and even improved throughout the year,” Hurst said at the Dec.

LIBERTY – After another court fight, Clay County agreed Dec. 7 to submit to Kansas City’s zoning authority.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs School District COVID Task Force stated virus numbers have caused Westview Elementary to remain virtual until the end of the semester. Whether the Christmas break will help to end that school’s closure or lead to additional school closures is unclear, District Assistant Superintendent Jaret Tomlinson said.

RICHMOND – Area COVID-19 cases continued to rise this week versus last: up 29% in Clay County and up 8% in Ray County. Numbers reported for the Richmond School District showed six members and 14 students had tested positive for COVID-19.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The greatgreat-grandson of Charles Dickens, Gerald Dickens, will continue to interact with and act for patrons of the Mid-Continent and Ray County library systems for free this month.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Restaurants are among the businesses getting pounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, but owner Brenda Fudge said Dec. 5 she still gets by at Ray’s Lunch, 231 E. Broadway, Excelsior Springs.