Latest Posts

Like their varsity girls basketball counterparts, the Excelsior Springs varsity boys continue to fight to break a losing skid. The Tigers had dropped four straight and six of their last seven entering Friday night’s road meeting with Grandview.

February is American Heart Month and according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the United States. Most adults have at least one risk factor for heart disease. These risk factors include diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, and being overweight. Having multiple risk factors further increases your risk of developing heart disease.

During the Wood Heights City Council meeting, members heard from Missouri American Water Vice President of Engineering and Business Development Jody Carlson, who oversees operations for the company’s northwest district, which includes Wood Heights.

Note: Old newspaper articles from the 1800s and early 1900s frequently referred to African Americans as ‘colored.’ There may be quotations in this article in which the quotation from a newspaper is copied verbatim as originally published. No offense is intended.

Chance Moreland will continue playing football after high school. But he won’t play the same position he played in high school.

Wins continue to elude Excelsior Springs in varsity girls basketball. The Tigers had lost nine straight entering Thursday night’s Greater Kansas City Suburban Conference-Blue Division road meeting with Grandview.

Missouri Department of Natural Resources recently awarded Excelsior Springs a grant for $3,891,114 to be used to replace a bridge located on North Main Street along the Dry Fork River and for rehabilitation of the “old laundry mat” lot.

Uptown Roots Salon in Excelsior Springs is looking for youth in the area who have started up businesses. Owner Erica Todd-Burton says she believes that children can be entrepreneurs too, and she wants to help them pursue their business dreams by hosting pop-up markets featuring their products.