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Excelsior Springs Area Chamber President Brian Rice invites westside business owners to attend an upcoming city council meeting where the petition creating the westside Community Improvement District (CID) will be presented.

Excelsior Springs School District leaders were given a sense of what a new Lewis Elementary School might look like Tuesday night. Deputy Superintendent Jaret Tomlinson invited Patrick Smith, chief architect, to address the board during its monthly meeting.

Mark Bullimore, Excelsior Springs School District director of communications, offered the district and board of education a few metaphorical pats on the back when the board convened Tuesday night at the Support Services Center.

The Excelsior Springs High School girls wrestling program closed 2022 by doing something the program hadn’t done before: win a tournament title. Producing one champion, four runnersup, three third-place finishers, a fourthplace finisher and a fifth-place finisher, the Excelsior Springs girls claimed the team title at the Western Missouri Tournament, hosted Dec.

On Dec. 8, Excelsior Springs put the final touch on its historic varsity boys soccer season.

Excelsior Springs High School’s club bowling program found an extra reason to celebrate during the holiday season. On Dec.

The Excelsior Standard, Jan. 6, 2023 Kenneth Eugene “Gene” Brunke, age 84 of Pleasant Valley and a former lifelong resident of Excelsior Springs, passed away Wednesday morning, Dec.

The Excelsior Standard, Jan. 6, 2023 Louis Joseph Wisniewski, born Nov.

Ray/Clay County U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that County Committee elections are over, and the ballots have been counted.

Discussing hard topics can be a daunting task, especially when you want to have a discussion with a growing teen. The legalization of marijuana and the drug issue in our community calls for discussions with teens and the protection of early experimentation.