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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – For the second straight season, Platte County dashed Excelsior Springs’ hopes of winning a Class 4 District 8 softball title. In 2020, the Pirates downed the Tigers 8-0 in the tournament semifinals.

WARRENSBURG – The Excelsior Springs cross country teams went on an unseasonably warm 3.1-mile run Oct. 14, when they competed in the Warrensburg Invitational.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Running for the Tigers in cross country and track gives senior Lacey Miller the sense of being part of a family of athletes. “I love cross country and track equally because it has been a blessing to be a part of this group since the seventh grade,” Miller said.

ST. JOSEPH – Excelsior Springs High School graduate Sam Webb is getting the senior season at Missouri Western State University he was denied in 2020 because of a COVID-shortened schedule.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – A full-bodied moonshiner huffs and puffs into the corn liquor jug resting on the crook of his right arm to create a throaty, wolfing sound. A sallow-eyed man, coal dust under his nails, rakes calloused fingers over a zincridged washboard.

WASHINGTON – Excelsior Springs last week reported an enrollment decrease, which is occurring nationally. U.S.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS– The school district’s dip in enrollment since the school year began is no cause for alarm, Superintendent Travis Hux assured the Board of Education on Oct. 11 at the Support Services Center.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The school district continues to work with Incite Design Studio on plans for district facilities. On Oct.