Paneling project expected to reduce noise at school
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs High School commons will soon be quieter. ‘ The Board of Education agreed to install wood panels on the commons ceiling.
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UCM promised historic gift
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WARRENSBURG – The University of Central Missouri Alumni Foundation announced 1973 alumnus Frank “Chip” Deel made a trust estate gift valued at $15 million to UCM – the largest in school history.
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS –Barbee Memorial Presbyterian Church members will observe the four Sundays of Advent starting Sunday and invite everyone to help celebrate in preparation for the Christmas Eve service.
Excelsior Springs considers tweaking cemetery decoration regs
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city may change grave-decorating rules at Crown Hill and Hillcrest cemeteries. On Nov.
Excelsior Springs City Council approves fees to test meters
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city has set fee schedules for residents who want their water meters tested. The City Council set fees based on two meter types: turbine and positive displacement.
P&Z approves plats for Lynn Park II
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Plans for additional apartment housing in Excelsior Springs are underway. The city approved preliminary and final plats for an expansion of the Lynn Park Apartments, the fivebuilding housing campus at 701 Tiger Drive that is bordered on its east side by U.S.
City, MARC renew hazardous waste plan
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city continues its participation in the Mid-America Regional Council’s Regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection program. An agreement with MARC to participate in the program in 2021 won approval Nov.
Vaping increases COVID risk
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KANSAS CITY – Vaping is linked to a higher risk of COVID-19 among teens and young adults, based on a study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
NEW MASK RULE
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The state issued a new COVID-19 protocol to schools, but whether and how much of a difference the change will make is unclear.
Health leaders make COVID appeal
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RICHMOND – Health department leaders in Ray and Clay counties joined others in the metro area to ask the public to help prevent COVID-19’s spread. “Our community is at a critical point again with uncontrolled community spread,” they stated jointly.
