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LIBERTY – Northland Coalition prevention volunteers, with Tri-County Mental Health Services support, will host their first-ever virtual prevention conference from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The new superintendent of schools does not start work officially for several months, but that has not stopped Dr. Travis Hux, 44, from getting to know district employees.

JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson said he plans to reclaim COVID-19 vaccine distributed to pharmacies, expects lawmakers to go all in on sports betting and would not mind getting a raise.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – A metro area crime trend has reached Excelsior Springs, Police Chief Clint Reno told city leaders during a late-January work session. The metro is experiencing an increase in thefts of catalytic converters from motor vehicles, Reno said.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Community Center is reaching out to help elderly residents sign up on the Clay County Public Health Center website for COVID-19 vaccinations. Center Executive Director Jesse Hall told city leaders during a late-January City Council work session on Zoom that the center had contacted and provided over-the-phone assistance to “those that are on hold that are 70 and over.” In addition, the center had provided in-person assistance, using social distancing, Hall said.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – City Finance Department Director Vonda Floyd has a clearer sense of what Orion will provide in managing the city’s golf course, she told city leaders during a late-January work session.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – On Jan. 22, the Excelsior Springs High School Student Council celebrated its court warming coronation.

JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson said he supports a statewide prescription drug monitoring program to help combat the opioid epidemic.