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Pisgah packs give-away bags with supplies for school year

4 years ago By Samantha Zelaya

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – A church packed bags of school supplies to give to families for the coming school year. Beginning in 2020, COVID-19 put many families in financial distress as lockdowns began and layoffs ensued.

Arizona extradicts Missouri homicide suspect unopposed

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

RICHMOND – Cursory evidence suggested Richard Anthony Arrington, 31, Kansas City, would face at least a homicide charge after his arrest in Ray County following a multi-jurisdictional chase, but that did not happen.

Eagle versus turkey?

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The appearance of an American bald eagle and a turkey in the same Ray County field near the intersection of Route C and Missouri Highway 10 might remind some people of a popular American myth.

ON MISSOURI HIGHWAY 10 near Route C, between Richmond and Excelsior Springs, a bald eagle rests on a round hay bale. In the distance directly behind the eagle stands a wild turkey. The turkey likely has nothing to fear, as this eagle’s focus is a racoon carcass, a road kill luncheon on the side of Highway 10. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff

U.S. Sen. Blunt urges Missourians to vaccinate

4 years ago By News Staff

WASHINGTON – During a Republican leadership press conference, U.S. Sen.

SEN. Blunt urges Missourians to get vaccinated.

Two county officeholders resign seats

4 years ago By News Staff

CLAY COUNTY – Two Clay County officeholders have resigned their offices.

The collector and public administrator will be gone by Sept. 1.

Public Administrator Sarah Mills resigned effective at the end of August.

Under the Clay County Constitution voters approved in November, the county’s judges will advise County Administrator Tom Salisbury regarding who they would like to see appointed to replace Mills, Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte said Wednesday.

McEvoy and Mills will vacate their posts by Sept. 1

COVID THREATENS RESURGENCE

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

HIGGINSVILLE – More needs to be done – perhaps a monetary incentive – to curb the spread of COVID-19, U.S. Rep.

AFTER MONTHS spent wearing masks, limiting social contact and getting shots, instead of being rewarded with the freedom to once again mix and mingle socially, area residents are threatened by a new COVID-19 variant, known as Delta. The variant spreads faster and is deadlier than the original, with younger people becoming ill. The spread is aided by people who have refused to become immunized, and those people also are the most likely to contract and die from the virus, based on medical reports.

Plastic surgery expert at Liberty clinic

4 years ago By News Staff

RICHMOND – Colton McNichols, a fellowship-trained plastic surgeon with instruction from Johns Hopkins University, will introduce highly specialized skills to the Northland and northwest Missouri at the opening of The Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery Clinic at Liberty Hospital.

Checks arrive to aid parents with schoolchildren

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

HIGGINSVILLE – Free ice cream sprinkled with promised federal dollars resulted in smiles July 8 during U.S. Rep.

FREE ice cream for everyone at the Higginsville pool is gobbled by Dax Plymell, 4, and his sisters, Ellie Ryun, 6, and Marley Plymell, 6. Behind them, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II pays for the ice cream while making sure parents know there is money in the mail coming for school-age children. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff

Ferril-Means family reunion hits centennial

4 years ago By News Staff

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Ferril-Means family of Clay County celebrated its 100th anniversary June 12 at the Clay & Ray Veterans Hall Association, 208 Veterans Memorial Drive, Excelsior Springs. Sixty-two attendees participated in the potluck dinner and business meeting, which resulted in the election of officers for 2021-2022.

THE FERRIL-MEANS family has reunited for a century.

‘Good Samaritan’ aids Good Samaritan Center

4 years ago By News Staff

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Connie Othic began volunteering in 1995 for the Good Samaritan Center. “She is one of our first volunteers and is still at Broadway Bargains today.

CONNIE OTHIC assists the Good Samaritan Center.

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