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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – City leaders have chosen an architect to assist efforts to preserve the Hall of Waters. Strata ranked among three companies that bid on the project, Economic Development Director Melinda Mehaffy stated in an April memo to city leaders.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Music was in the air May 1 for Gatsby Day, the Excelsior Springs Cultural Guild’s annual festival to raise scholarship funds. During the afternoon, musical acts performed on Broadway and Thompson.

JEFFERSON CITY – Having earlier passed the state Senate on a bipartisan vote, a bill to require out-of-state retailers to pay sales tax on online purchases passed the House Ways and Means Committee last week.

JEFFERSON CITY – At the end of this year’s first quarter, teen fatalities in Missouri climbed 63% over this time last year. In the last three years, 24 fatal crashes and 101 serious injury crashes involved an alcohol-impaired driver under the age of 21.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers had their winningest week of the varsity baseball season last week. Excelsior Springs closed April and started May by going 4-1, with wins over Van Horn, Center, Odessa and Jefferson City.

LAWSON – Both Excelsior Springs varsity track programs brought home top-three finishes April 26 from the Nick Sloop Invitational at Lawson. The boys program won the team title.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers are rolling in varsity boys tennis as the postseason approaches. Entering the Missouri River Valley Conference Tournament, slated for Wednesday, the Tigers had won three of four duals.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Hickory Stick Golf Tournament is back. On May 1, the Excelsior Springs Cultural Guild staged the competition at Excelsior Springs Golf Course as part of Gatsby Days, the Cultural Guild’s annual spring scholarship fundraising event.