An issue-by-issue look at 2020 (part 4)
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – This is the fourth in a four-part, issueby-issue review of 2020...
FOURTH QUARTER
OCTOBER
Oct. 2
• Clay County reports 54 COVID-19 deaths and more than 4,000 cases, and Ray County reports two deaths and 183 cases.
Oct. 9
• Clay and Ray counties again focus on safe, secure elections as officials look toward November voting.
Oct. 16
• Dari B owner Tommy Carroll, 70, announces his plans to retire and sell the business, a landmark in Excelsior Springs and the surrounding area.
• What looks like a rollover wreck in Excelsior Springs turns out to be a staged event by people making a music video.
Oct. 23
• The Excelsior Springs School District names the elementary school that is under construction Cornerstone Elementary. The school will replace Westview Elementary, which will be repurposed partly and demolished partly.
• The Excelsior Springs City Council approves CARES Act funding for community groups.
• The council – which earlier in the year docked…