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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Fiscal year 2020 was big for building permit revenue, Economic Development Director Melinda Mehaffy told the City Council. Mehaffy presented the Planning & Zoning Department’s annual report when the City Council convened March 1 in a hybrid meeting.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Elation collapsed into disappointment for Valley Manor Rehabilitation Center residents and staff after the yearlong virus lockdown ended Friday, only to resume Monday. When the doors opened last week, families got together for the first time in a long time.

JEFFERSON CITY – Most Americans want to mail in ballots at their convenience, rather than stand in sometimes long election lines on a day that could be inconvenient or a place that could be dangerous, with the coronavirus continuing in Missouri.

WASHINGTON – The first stimulus checks are being sent by direct deposit and in some cases began arriving this week, the Internal Revenue Service announced. In this area, U.S.

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Senate’s answer to growing road and bridge needs is to add 12.5 cents per gallon to the motor fuel tax – equal to about $460 million annually. The 73.5% increase, going to 29.5 cents per gallon, would equal about $1.25 more for every 10 gallons put in a fuel tank.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tigers started this varsity girls basketball season on a hot streak, but struggling to regain their rhythm as the season wore on. They won four of the first five, scoring wins over Richmond and Lexington before playing in the Husker Classic at Lafayette County of Higginsville.

INDEPENDENCE – Winter sports have wrapped at Excelsior Springs. The Tigers concluded their winter schedule Thursday, when four wrestlers competed in the Class 2 state boys tournament at Cable Dahmer Arena: Damon Ashworth, Micah Danner, Landen Davis and Ayden Dolt.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Many sports and other activities depend on getting into a rhythm. The Tigers struggled to find their rhythm this season in varsity boys basketball.