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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Excelsior Springs is the first community in the nation to receive silver recognition through the Communities of Excellence Assessment and Recognition Program. Silver is the highest level of recognition awarded through the program.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The police department is updating the fleet. On Jan.

EXCELSIOR – The city has new Historic Preservation Commission and Planning and Zoning Board members. City Clerk Shannon Stroud swore in Jason Van Till to preservation and Julia Goldstein to zoning Jan.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city has welcomed a new police chief, Greg Dull. Dull succeeds interim Chief Chris Weber, who stepped down Dec.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Former Excelsior Springs Prosecutor and Municipal Judge Janet Lodwick Sutton, 56, Liberty, accepted a gubernatorial appointment to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Kansas City.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The school district expects a slight uptick in Job Corps student enrollment within the next few months, Superintendent Travis Hux told district leaders Jan. 10 during the Board of Education meeting at the Support Services Center.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Touchup construction work at Elkhorn Elementary School in Ray County and the Early Childhood Center is complete, Superintendent Travis Hux told district leaders Jan. 10 during the Board of Education meeting at the Support Services Center.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Census Bureau showed a sharp population decline for Excelsior Springs, which city officials disputed in August and are appealing. Based on the bureau’s count, the number of people living in the city dropped from 11,081 in 2010 to 10,553 after the 2020 count.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The City Council voted Dec. 20 at the Hall of Waters to approve a three-year auditing agreement with Springfield-based Baird, Kurtz and Dobson LLP.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The City Council voted to approve additional building codes as 2021 ended. The City Council approved an ordinance Dec.