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Excelsior Springs officials approved a series of infrastructure, development and administrative actions that will affect multiple areas of city operations, ranging from the demolition of a deteriorating structure to changes in zoning review fees and long-term lease agreements.

Three Excelsior Springs High School athletes stepped onto one of the nation’s most historic stages this month, representing their school and community in the 84th annual Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade in Honolulu.

A year of steady revenues and stable financial operations culminated in clean audit results for the Excelsior Springs School District, reinforcing auditors’ findings of unmodified opinions across all major areas.

A Homestead Village alderman accused in a deadly neighborhood shooting has now been released after the court modified his bond and approved new conditions. Glen Michael Stice, 55, is facing two felony charges, including first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

A months-long fight over who controls rural land west of Excelsior Springs has entered a new phase after the City of Excelsior Springs filed a court petition asking a judge to decide whether its annexation or Mosby’s is legally valid. The filing places the dispute in the hands of the Clay County Circuit Court and marks the first formal legal challenge between the two neighboring cities over territory both now claim.