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Hospital closes COVID clinic

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Hospital drive-through COVID clinic closed Sunday. During an April 15 work session at the Hall of Waters, hospital CEO Kristen DeHart told city leaders the clinic would close, citing a decrease in COVID cases.

City seeks more road maintenance money

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city could receive up to $57,878 more to help with road projects, thanks to an agreement between Excelsior Springs and the Mid-America Regional Council. Approved April 18 by the City Council at the Hall of Waters, the agreement makes the city a participant in the Missouri Preventive Maintenance Program, overseen by MARC.

Police make arrest following bank robbery

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Crime does not pay, especially when the law and gangster Al Capone are out to deliver justice on the mean streets of downtown Excelsior Springs. During Gatsby Day on April 30, several people drafted by event organizers to entertain guests execute a heist at the old bank, now the Excelsior Springs Museum and Archives, 101 E.
ROBBERS Alinah Dodd, 15; and Robert Bowman, 18, skedaddle. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff

Mushroom hunter finds human remains

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 HENRIETTA – New information is available about human remains discovered in rural Ray County.

“We had a mushroom hunter go out into a rural part of the county” and came upon skeletal remains April 27, Sheriff Scott Childers said Monday.

No location for the discovery is being released, Childers said.

“I don’t want people going out that way looking themselves,” he said.

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ES baseballers stage big inning, snap skid

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Sometimes, it takes just one big inning to end a losing streak. The Tigers had just that April 19 against visiting Fort Osage to end a fourgame skid in varsity baseball with a 4-2 win.
JUNIOR THIRD BASEMAN Broc Dusek throws to first to assist on a putout last week. DUSTIN DANNER | Staff

Tigers produce 10 top-five finishes at Mineral Water Classic

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Overall, the Tigers “had a great day” in varsity track and field April 22 at the Mineral Water Classic, coach Jonah Albertson said. “With the 20-plus mile-per-hour wind we had, we didn’t expect too many personal records, but we still came away with 13 on the day,” Albertson said.
JUNIOR DALTON LAYTON attempts the long jump during the Mineral Water Classic April 22 at Tiger Stadium. DUSTIN DANNER | Staff