Excelsior Springs Weekly News Headlines

Below is a collection of news headlines that were published concerning Excelsior Springs throughout the past two weeks.

City

Excelsior Springs Hospital Holds First Ever Community Health Fair – Excelsior Citizen
The Excelsior Springs Hospital’s commitment to the community has been made apparent in recent months by hosting wellness educational events with partner, Excelsior Springs Community Center. This weekend they came …

Council Recap: Parks and Rec Moves Forward with Maintenance Building – Excelsior Citizen
Points of interest from the Excelsior Springs City council meeting on May 2, 2022, include: Several proclamations were made recognizing various groups and organizations; National Nurses Day, Older Americans Month, …

Federal Money Available For Those Lost to COVID – Excelsior Citizen
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has federal funding available to help families who have had loved ones lost to COVID-19. For those who passed after May 16, 2020, you may …

Children’s Services Fund Gets Put to Work in Excelsior Springs – Excelsior Citizen
During the May meeting of the Excelsior Springs SAFE (Substance-Abuse Free Environments) committee Kathy Macken, Executive Director of the Clay County Children’s Services Fund, spoke about the progress the fund …

Mid-Continent Public Library Trades Foods for Fines – Excelsior Citizen
Program Returns, MCPL Branches Collect Food Donations for Local Pantries Mid-Continent Public Library’s biannual Food for Fines program is back! This month, Food for Fines will be held from Monday, May …

Excelsior Springs Historic Preservation Commission Presents Awards – Excelsior Citizen
On Wednesday May 11, the City of Excelsior Springs’ Historic Preservation Commission presented Preservation awards …

Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative Returns $2.8 Million to Consumer-Members – Excelsior Citizen
Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative announced today it will return $2.8 million worth of capital credits to consumer-members in the month of May. The funds, which will be distributed to active accounts …

Library Patrons Go Wild for Saturday Program – Excelsior Citizen
Excelsior Springs’ Mid-Continent Public Library held a special program Saturday afternoon that had the patrons going wild! The Kansas City Exotic Animal Education Institute (aka KC Exotics R Us) came …

Gatsby Gang Shows Community Spirit – Excelsior Springs Standard
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Enthusiastic participants make the Gatsby Day celebration in downtown Excelsior Springs happen, event organizer Crystal Keeton says. While poet Shannon Morgan shares her poem about a frog and a toad, Keeton surveys the Hall of Waters circle drive, where the day is centered.

Air in the Hair at City Health Fair – Excelsior Springs Standard
ON A BLUSTERY SATURDAY in the Excelsior Springs Community Center parking lot, community members take advantage of health screenings and other information – and freebies.

Hospital closes COVID clinic – Excelsior Springs Standard
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Hospital drive-through COVID clinic closed Sunday. During an April 15 work session at the Hall of Waters, hospital CEO Kristen DeHart told city leaders the clinic would close, citing a decrease in COVID cases.

City seeks more road maintenance money – Excelsior Springs Standard
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city could receive up to $57,878 more to help with road projects, thanks to an agreement between Excelsior Springs and the Mid-America Regional Council.

Police make arrest following bank robbery – Excelsior Springs Standard
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Crime does not pay, especially when the law and gangster Al Capone are out to deliver justice on the mean streets of downtown Excelsior Springs.

Excelsior Springs replacing 400 water meter bases – Excelsior Springs Standard
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city is buying and replacing 400 residential water meter bases. Per a request by Public Works Director Chad Bird Per a request by Public Works Director Chad Birdsong approved April 18 by the City Council at the Hall of Waters, the meter bases will cost $35,304 – $88.26 each, Birdsong stated in an April 12 memo to city leaders and reiterated before the vote.

Dollar General opens location in Excelsior Springs – Excelsior Springs Standard
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Dollar General is open at 1653 Meadowlark Lane in Excelsior Springs, the company announced. The new store will employ up to 10 people.

School

Cornerstone Teacher Cleared of Allegations – Excelsior Citizen
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, MO – A press release issued by Excelsior Springs School District says that the teacher who had been accused of excessive disciplinary …

Excelsior Springs seniors hold parade of graduates – Excelsior Springs Standard
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – What began in 2020 during the pandemic has become an annual rite of passage in Excelsior Springs.

Public Safety

Clay County Sheriff Reveals Multiple Allegations of Abuse at Cornerstone – Excelsior Citizen
Last week the Excelsior Citizen shared a press release from the Excelsior Springs School District (ESSD) in which ESSD stated that the District had completed, “a thorough internal investigation of … (This story also appears in the Excelsior Springs Standard, Kansas City Star, KMBC, YouTube, KCTV5, KSHB, The Bharat Express News, 4State.news, Fox 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV)

Excelsior Springs Police Chief Details Events Leading Up to Detainee’s Death – Excelsior Citizen
A 21-year-old male, Benjamin Chase died Sunday afternoon (5/8/22) while in the custody of the Excelsior Springs Police Department. Police Chief, Gregory Dull said that ESPD responded to a call on … (This story also appears in The Kansas City Star, KCTV5, AP News, ABC17News.com, Beaumont Enterprise, Times Union, Alton Telegraph, Fox 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV, News Talk KZRG, Fulton Sun, Excelsior Springs Standard

Clay, Platte counties, state of Kansas each charge Excelsior Springs resident with various crimes – Excelsior Springs Standard
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – More felony charges have been filed against Joshua Edward McCoy, 31, Excelsior Springs. McCoy faces mostly felony bad check charges, which have been filed in Clay and Platte counties in Missouri, and Johnson County in Kansas.

Featured

Excelsior Springs Carnival Brings Fun (and Rain?) to Town – Excelsior Citizen
The Excelsior Springs Area Chamber of Commerce sponsored a Spring Carnival this past weekend that brought joy to a lot of citizens but also humor, as many associate the Carnival …

Citizen Spotlight: Jesse Harris – Excelsior Citizen
Jesse Harris grew up visiting his grandfather’s farm exploring the woods and experiencing all that country life had to offer. So, when he was looking for a place to put …

Citizen Spotlight: Dorothy Mullkin – Excelsior Citizen
Over the past 65 years, it’s estimated that Dorothy Mullikin has taught around 2,000 people how to play the piano. Dorothy began playing piano at the age of five under …

Bank Robbery Adds Excitement to Gatsby Days Festival – Excelsior Citizen
Gatsby Days was here again this past weekend in downtown Excelsior Springs. With events centering in the Hall of Waters Circle Drive, the festival offered a mock bank robbery from …

Excelsior Springs Welcomes Farmers State Bank – Excelsior Citizen
Farmers State Bank celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting on May 3, 2022. Branch manager and Excelsior Springs resident, Brad McBee was given the honor of cutting the ribbon …

Financial Focus: Will Your Money Last as Long as You Do? – Excelsior Citizen
We all hope for long, healthy lives. But there’s a serious “side effect” of longevity – the possibility of outliving our money. How can you help prevent this? It’s useful …

Georgia dairy farmers can sell unpasteurized milk starting next year – Chattanooga Times Free Press
In this March 24, 2017 photo, Rachel Moser pours raw milk into a container on her Be Whole Again Farm in Excelsior Springs, Mo.

6 Things To Do This Weekend in KC: May 12-15, 2022 – Kansas City Magazine
Second Friday in Downtown Excelsior Springs. The quaint and historic downtown Excelsior is hosting its second Friday events this week—there will …

Couple receives award for preservation work – Excelsior Springs Standard
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Kevin and Sonya Morgan received the McReynolds Award from the Missouri Alliance for historic preservation for their long-term work promoting historic preservation in Excelsior Springs and Clay County.

Politics

Missouri lawmakers finish record $49 billion state budget hours before deadline – Missouri Independent
Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, who chaired an interim committee that looked at how the money should be spent. “Is it something that is going to …

Missouri lawmakers send bill to increase funding for charter schools to governor – Missouri Independent
Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, sponsored legislation designed to boost funding to charter schools (photo by Tim Bommel/Missouri House …

Missouri lawmakers send funding boost for charter schools to governor – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, would have diverted an estimated $18 million away from St. Louis Public Schools to fund public charter schools, …

Sports

Youtube Sensation “Hickory Hacker” Visits Excelsior Springs Golf Course – Excelsior Citizen
The Excelsior Springs Golf Course received a visit from hickory golf expert and YouTube sensation, Christian Williams, aka “the Hickory Hacker” on Monday, April 25th. Based in Connecticut, Williams has

Excelsior Springs native, Missouri Western cornerback Sam Webb signs with Raiders – YouTube
Excelsior Springs native, Missouri Western cornerback Sam Webb signs with Raiders…

4 Wrestling Daughters ‘Fall’ for Mom – Community Living – mycouriertribune.com
The family found the Excelsior Springs Youth Wrestling Club and coach Brandy Dolt. “They fell in love and within just a few months, …

Hornets Tennis Sending Three to Sectionals After Individual Districts – KCHI Radio
He started by coasting through Carrollton’s Corey Terryberry 6-1, 6-0. In his semi-final match, Corbin drew Lee Mueller of Excelsior Springs and …

Boys Golf: Two Cavaliers advance to state – News Tribune
Excelsior Springs, 394; 9. Kearney, 396; 10. Jefferson City, 444; 11. Grandview, 461. ALL-DISTRICT. 1. Andrew Conrad, Smithville, 76.

Hornets Tennis Sweeps Excelsior Springs to Reach District Team Finals – KCHI Radio
On to Hornets boys tennis who hosted Excelsior Springs in the semi-finals on the team-district tournament. A trip to the district championship ..