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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The coronavirus sank the plan to hold the free annual Waterfest in June, but organizers tossed the event a life-preserving new weekend, Aug. 28-29.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Celebrating their 100th birthday, the American Legion Auxiliary is sponsoring the 79th Session of the ALA Missouri Girls State.

COLUMBIA – The Missouri Bicentennial Commission launched the Bicentennial Poster contest open to all students in grades 3 to 12 in Missouri.

Richard Lee Abbett, 77, of Liberty, Missouri, peacefully passed away, surrounded by his loving family in his home, on Saturday, April 25, 2020, after a long, courageous battle with cancer.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Clay Ray Veterans Association has never missed a Memorial Day ceremony, until now.

LIBERTY – Missouri, Kansas City, Ray and Clay counties have different dates for lifting stay-home and businessclosing orders.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Social distancing rules that closed many of the city’s businesses also squeezed the faucet on city revenue, leading City Manager Molly McGovern to reduce the flow of city spending.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Consulting the Excelsior Springs Area News and Events, and the Daily Deals Facebook group, revealed stories about COVID-19’s impact on area residents.

RICHMOND – Earth Day came and went Monday with little notice, which is understandable, given that the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, insists upon itself, being so overbearing on the human experience that little else manages to enter the spotlight.

KANSAS CITY – Biologists for the Missouri Department of Conservation, or MDC, completed a fish habitat project at Truman Lake.