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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The summer learning plan will have three objectives this year, Career Center Director Mark Bullimore told district leaders March 14 at the Support Services Center. “(We will) have the biggest and best summer school we’ve ever had, we’re going to have the most fun we’ve ever had...

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – On March 7, the City Council approved Fire Chief Joe Maddick’s request for $95,620 to replace the fire station’s concrete apron. The City Council’s approval while meeting at the Hall of Waters followed the Capital Improvements Authority’s approval Feb.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city seeks a new planner, Economic Development Director Melinda Mehaffy told city leaders during a March 18 work session at the Hall of Waters. The last planner left March 9 to work in the private sector, Mehaffy said.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Three candidates seek a single Excelsior Springs City Council seat. The public will cast ballots April 5 for the two candidates whose views best fit what voters want.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Three candidates are competing for two Excelsior Springs Board of Education seats. The public will cast ballots April 5 for the two candidates whose views best fit what voters want.

WARRENSBURG – The proposed 21st Senatorial District map would make dramatic changes to the present district represented by Denny Hoskins, R-Warrensburg. Changes include that, for the next two years, Hoskins would not live in the district where he serves.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Excelsior Springs resident Cynthia Loflin pauses from her late afternoon walk to stand beside the heart positioned on a green island situated in front of The Elms Hotel and Spa.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – An Excelsior Springs-area man is dead and his wife is under arrest, Ray County Sheriff Scott Childers stated. Childers said his office took a domestic violence call “with shots fired” about midnight Wednesday on Shoemaker Road east of the city.

JEFFERSON CITY – The Department of Natural Resources reviewed water quality for all eight public water systems in Ray County and Excelsior Springs PWS in Clay County.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – This year’s Easter Bunny Trolley Scavenger Hunt will take place at noon and 1 p.m. April 2.