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With just days remaining to spend the last of its Lewis Elementary lease-purchase funds, Excelsior Springs School District officials finalized a creative list of capital projects to avoid a $377,000 arbitrage penalty – a financial hit that would have provided nothing in return.

Cracked walls, clouds of dust and deep vibrations have jolted rural homeowners south of Excelsior Springs into action, as Idecker’s plans to expand its decades-long mining operation threaten to creep even closer to their properties.

MICAH DILLMAN Staff Reporter and SHAWN RONEY Sports Editor The Excelsior Springs varsity baseball team has Hunter Scoma back in the lineup as it prepares to make another deep postseason run. Scoma, who graduates this month, has been sidelined for much of the season because of an injury.

Landon Biermann and his Excelsior Springs teammates were looking to keep their varsity boys golf season going Wednesday. The Tigers began their postseason that day by playing in the Class 3 District 4 Tournament at Shirkey Golf Course in Richmond, hoping to qualify for state.

Austin Collins’ high school boys tennis career might end the same weekend he’s scheduled to graduate from Excelsior Springs. Collins qualified for Class 1 state competition in singles by placing second in the singles and doubles portion of the Class 1 District 7 Tournament, held May 2 at Excelsior Springs.

is racking up the wins as her high school track and field career concludes. Fletcher, who graduates this month from Orrick, pulled off a hat trick at I-70 Conference competition May 3 in Higginsville, hosted by Sweet Springs.

Marques Shouse outran the competition at the Nick Sloop Invitational. Shouse, a first-year high schooler at Excelsior Springs, won the boys 100-meter dash at the April 28 track and field meet at Lawson, finishing in 12.03 seconds.

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