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Hospital CMO society fellow

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LIBERTY – The Infectious Diseases Society of America, or IDSA, named Raghu Adiga, M.D., among 181 distinguished physicians from around the world as a society fellow. Adiga is Liberty Hospital’s chief medical officer and is one of the region’s leading infectious disease specialists.
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SAFE group seeks nominations for Community Champions

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs SAFE, or Substance Abuse Free Environments, Coalition seeks Community Champion awards program nominations. The program is designed to educate the community about the importance of 40 developmental assets in a child’s experience to assure the child thrives throughout life.

ES girls drop two in shortened MRVC West Tournament

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The girls side of the Missouri River Valley Conference West Tournament had fewer issues than the boys side did. As a result, the Excelsior Springs girls got to play two tournament games – one more than their boys counterparts did.

School board OKs community center agreement

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Community Center and the Excelsior Springs School District have a win-win agreement, Deputy Superintendent Jaret Tomlinson said. The Board of Education approved the partnership Dec.

‘Tremendous progress’ made on new school

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Brick masons have made “a tremendous amount of progress” in recent weeks on the Cornerstone Elementary School construction project, Superintendent Dan Hoehn reported during the Board of Education’s Dec. 14 meeting on Zoom.
AT THE NEW Cornerstone Elementary School, the superstructure is up, along with most exterior walls. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff

Raytown administrator to lead Excelsior schools

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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Raytown School District’s assistant superintendent of support services, Dr. Travis Hux, will serve as the new Excelsior Springs School District superintendent.

School Board President Tray Harkins confirmed the board’s Dec. 14 decision.

“It’s all said and done now,” he said Friday.

Dr. Travis Hux, incoming superintendent

ES girls hoopsters weather adversity, take fifth at Husker Classic

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HIGGINSVILLE – Excelsior Springs weathered its share of adversity en route to taking fifth place last week in the girls bracket at the Husker Classic on the Lafayette County C-1 campus. The Tigers headed into their first round of basketball against host school Lafayette County without head coach J.D.