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Flooding in Excelsior Springs

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The Excelsior Springs Downtown area was under water Friday morning, June 25, 2021. After overnight thunderstorms saturated the area, many downtown streets, parking lots and businesses were caught in the flash flooding. Look for more coverage of the event in this week's Excelsior Springs Standard.

The hitch lot and buildings along South Street were caught off guard as flash flooding hit the area overnight. Photo by Brian Rice.

GETTING A NEW LOOK

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers’ home baseball field will have a new look for the 2022 season. This month, the Excelsior Springs Board of Education approved the implementation of synthetic turf for the field.
THE HOME FIELD for the Excelsior Springs Tigers will soon have a new look with the change from grass to synthetic turf. DUSTIN DANNER | Staff

Three Tigers become Ducks for summer baseball

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Three Tigers have teamed up this summer to play for the 16-and-under Old School Ducks baseball club. Mason Danner, Micah Danner and Colson Moore, who completed high school baseball for Excelsior Springs in May, will play for the Ducks through the end of the summer.
FROM LEFT, Micah Danner, Colson Moore and Mason Danner, student-athletes at Excelsior Springs High School, look to hone their baseball skills this summer with a Kansas City area-based traveling team. DUSTIN DANNER | Staff

Mo. auditor gives ‘good’ rating to Clay County sheriff

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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway on Tuesday released a report covering the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. The report is part of a comprehensive review of Clay County government initiated by the public through the petition audit process.