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KANSAS CITY – Win No. 2 of the season eluded the Excelsior Springs varsity boys when they played in the Missouri River Valley Conference Tournament.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The school district is developing a program that might help avoid future personnel shortages. Assistant Superintendent Melissa Miller announced the development during the Board of Education’s meeting Dec.

HIGGINSVILLE – For the second straight season, the Excelsior Springs varsity girls basketball team took fifth at the Husker Classic. And for the second straight season, the Tigers edged a familiar foe to win the fifth-place game: Richmond.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – On Dec. 10, the high school gym was packed, as 19 schools competed in the Excelsior Springs Girls Tournament.

HIGGINSVILLE – Coming off a 59-54 win over Cameron Dec. 7 at Lafayette County of Higginsville in the Husker Classic, the Tigers were looking to find a way to put two wins together in varsity boys basketball.

RICHMOND – Less than halfway through the program, more than 120 people had already joined what is expected to be recalled as the first annual International Day for People with Disabilities Dec. 3 at the Richmond High School track.

JEFFERSON CITY – The COVID-19 pandemic caused nursing homes to change policies overnight, with telehealth adopted widely in an effort to reduce stress on the health care system. Telehealth did so by keeping residents

PLEASANT VALLEY – Sheriff Will Akin opened the Community Drug Education Summit with the reason for calling together law enforcers, mental health specialists and the public: “We are investigating an unprecedented number of cases involving deaths due to drug overdoses. We’re talking about teens and young adults here.” A DRUG HUB Poorly made, deadly drugs – primarily fentanyl, a synthetic opioid – flow into Ray, Clay and Jackson counties.