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spending about $20 out of pocket to test whether the idea would make a difference. He bought what he could find at local stores, focusing on inexpensive items to see if the approach would work.

Plans to renovate a longvacant building at 205 North Marietta Street are moving forward through a tax abatement supporting a $158,250 redevelopment project. The Excelsior Springs City Council approved the project — which includes a redevelopment agreement and Chapter 353 tax abatement for the property — during a recent meeting.

Excelsior Springs tennis coach Richie Marsh had to do some lineup shuffling when his varsity boys squad faced Carrollton Monday in a home dual. That afternoon, the Tigers were without Bruce Bowen and Carter Clinton, Marsh said.

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Clay County experienced low voter participation in the April 7 General Municipal Election, with unofficial results showing only 8.64% of registered voters casting ballots across all precincts. Of the 153,962 registered voters in Clay County, only 13,302 chose to vote in the election.

An Excelsior Springs man who faced a felony weapons charge has been placed on probation after a plea agreement reduced the case to a lesser offense. Myles L. Casey, 28, recently entered a guilty plea before Clay County Circuit Court Judge Karen Krauser to one misdemeanor count of peace disturbance.

Plans for Morocco Estates have shifted from duplex lots to denser townhouse-style housing after Excelsior Springs approved a rezoning request for the undeveloped subdivision. Excelsior Springs City Council members approved the rezoning at a recent meeting, changing the 16-lot subdivision from R-2 two-family residential to R-3, a district allowing cluster, townhouse and garden apartment development.

Mosby’s bid to annex disputed land in Clay County remains alive after a judge denied Excelsior Springs’ request to dismiss the case without a trial. The ruling keeps in place a legal dispute between Excelsior Springs and Mosby over competing efforts to annex the same unincorporated property in Clay County.