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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city has tweaked plans for overlaying asphalt on North Jesse James Road and other thoroughfares. On May 17, the City Council approved a $64,465 change order for road repairs.

After about a decade of wriggling and whining, with copious amounts of pretense sprinkled liberally upon nonsense, the Republican-dominated General Assembly – kicking and screaming to the last – finally agreed that online businesses should pay the same sales tax that mom-and-pop businesses have paid all along.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The school district has another new math service. On May 10, the Board of Education approved an agreement with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to provide Into Math services for grades K-5, effective the 2021-22 school year and priced at $112,043.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS — It wouldn’t be summer in Excelsior Springs without Waterfest. After taking a COVID break in 2020, everyone’s favorite festival returns in 2021 with a celebration larger than ever.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Residents have a new process for requesting utility bill adjustments. The City Council agreed to change the process May 17.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS High School identifies these National Honor Society members, front, from left, Fiona James-Macdonald, Abbi Adair, Elizabeth Casey, Shannon Hayes and Caitlyn Willis; middle row, Alyssa Buhrman, Harmony Kelly, Emily Milledge, Miranda Andrews, Natalie Andrews, Jaqueline Perez-Espinosa and Madelynn Vaughn; and back row, Madison Krier, Emily West, Sydney Shepard, Emma Craven, Amanda Pranke, Hannah Foster, Karmen Reed and Zacalen Lohman.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – This year, the COVID-19 pandemic did not delay the Excelsior Springs High School graduation ceremony. Nor did the threat of inclement weather.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – State data shows teacher turnover is up slightly in the Excelsior Springs School District. Deputy Superintendent Jaret Tomlinson submitted turnover data to district leaders in late April.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Board of Education members got a sneak preview of Excelsior Springs’ new elementary school Tuesday. Scott Mead led board members through Cornerstone, slated to open in the 2021-2022 school year.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Tristn Jevon Center for Recovery, 704 Wollard Blvd., Richmond, is expected to help people like Tristn Jevon deal with mental health and addiction, his stepfather, Robert Cox, Excelsior Springs, said.