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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The explosion of hits and runs the Tigers enjoyed early in the varsity softball season has quieted. Runs have been difficult to come by during Excelsior Springs’ eight-game losing streak.

RICHMOND – Olivia Kelly cracked the top 20 Monday at the Odessa Tournament at Shirkey Golf Course in Richmond. By finishing her 18-hole, par-71 round with a 113 (+42), the Excelsior Springs junior finished in a three-way tie for 20th.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Board of Education renamed the old Early Childhood Center the Support Services Center, 113 E. Line St., when meeting there Sept.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The district seeks funds for two multimillion construction projects at the high school. The district asked FEMA for $4.75 million to build an auxiliary gym, Superintendent Travis Hux stated in a Sept.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Are residents paying more than needed for water to subsidize other city operations? And if the city collects more than needed, should water bills decline? Councilman Andrew Kowalski raised those issues Monday during the City Council meeting. The city transferred $100,000 from water receipts to support general city operations.

LIBERTY – Clay is among 20 counties that have joined the Local Government Checkbook, which makes county spending data available online to everyone. The program is designed to make government spending more efficient and transparent at all levels by being available for the public to search, based on information from the Missouri Treasurer’s Office.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Payne Jailhouse Bed and Breakfast plans to add rooms after reporting a successful year. Jailhouse hostess Anna Sue Spohn said there has been an uptick in business this past year.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – District enrollment rose in August versus August 2020, despite a drop in Job Corps students, Superintendent Travis Hux stated in a Sept. 13 memo to district leaders.