Weekly News Headlines - Week of March 13, 2022

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

City News

Citizens Celebrate “Dari-B Day” in Excelsior Springs – Excelsior Citizen
Dari-B owners, Jonathan Saura and Kat Stano are ready for another great season of serving

Excelsior Springs Welcomes Wild Bunch – Excelsior Citizen
This weekend Excelsior Springs welcomed a new business, craft/flea market, the Wild Bunch, which celebrated…

Cooley Lake: a Destination for Generations – Excelsior Citizen in partnership with Excelsior Springs Museum & Archives
To help celebrate the bicentennial year for Clay County, the Excelsior Springs Museum and Archives will…

Superior Well Office Razed as Part of City’s Cleanup Efforts – Excelsior Citizen
The Superior Well Office at 610 Roosevelt Ave in Excelsior…

City Council: March 7, 2002 – Excelsior Citizen
Livestream of the City Council meeting for March 7, 2022. Video now offers chapter markers, allowing you to skip sections of the meeting based on agenda item.

Excelsior Springs Big-Hearted City – Excelsior Springs Standard
OAK GROVE – This season, Excelsior Springs did something the Tigers had not done since 2017: They won a district boys basketball game.

Chamber of Commerce Unleashes Music, Money, and Mayhem for Annual Fundraiser – Excelsior Citizen
The most popular video on the Athens Creek YouTube Channel is their medley of House…

Ameren Offers Electrifying Incentive to Local Business Owners
Ameren Missouri has launched an incentive program to encourage business customers to install EV charging…

Citizen Spotlight – Lani O’Dell – Excelsior Citizen
They say it takes a spark to start a fire, and Lani O’Dell has been the…

– Excelsior Citizen
Twenty-one years ago Excelsior Springs was a vastly different place. Empty storefronts and abandoned buildings

Citizen Spotlight: Josh Campbell – Excelsior Citizen
Josh Campbell says he’s been making things since he was just a kid hanging around…

Public Safety

Excelsior Springs Man Arrested in Morgan County – KRMS Radio
An Excelsior Springs man faces felony charges after being arrested late Saturday on felony charges. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department says …

Police, Fire & EMS Runs, and Sheriff’s reports for 3/2/22 – Excelsior Citizen
Police blotter, Fire & EMS Runs for Excelsior Springs, Missouri, and Clay and Ray County

Police Promotion Ceremony: A New Tradition – Excelsior Citizen
In what looks to be a new tradition, three Excelsior Springs Police Officers were honored…

Police, Fire, & EMS, and Sheriffs’ Reports for 3/9/22 – Excelsior Citizen
Police blotter, Fire & EMS Runs for Excelsior Springs, Missouri, and Clay and Ray County

Sports

Wrestlers Grapple with Greatness at State Tourney – Excelsior Citizen
Excelsior Springs sent an impressive, 7 wrestlers to the Missouri State tournament in Columbia, Missouri

Western alum Sam Webb embracing grind toward NFL dream – St. Joseph News-Press
The Missouri Western alum and Excelsior Springs, Missouri, native actually welcomed the opportunity to show off his physical traits.

Excelsior Springs boys edge Panthers, fall to Spartans in districts – Excelsior Springs Standard
OAK GROVE – This season, Excelsior Springs did something the Tigers had not done since 2017: They won a district boys basketball game.

Lady Owls advance to district finals – Marshall Democrat-News
4 seed Excelsior Springs, 46-42, in the first round Saturday and came back Monday to bump off top-seeded Oak Grove, 42-41.

Gift of Gabb: Fort Senior Caps Career with Win – The Examiner
… Kyle Dutton (138), Logan Rathjen (145) and Wentric Williams III (195); Excelsior Springs Ayden Dolt (152); Liberty North’s Dylan Alft (138); …

Political

Measure to transfer millions to charter schools advancers in Missouri House – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, would adjust the education funding formula, splitting funding between public and charter schools based on …

Missouri may force Kansas City Public Schools to transfer more than $8 million to charters – KCUR
Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, would establish a formula by which school districts would transfer funds to charter schools based on student …

Funding bill for Missouri Charter Schools in the works – Fox 2
The bill is sponsored by Republican State Representative Doug Ritchie from Excelsior Springs. He told the Post-Dispatch the measure will adjust …

Audio: Missouri House advances bill that would change funding calculation for K-12 schools – KTTN
The bill aims to send more funding to charter schools. State Representative Doug Richey, a Republican from western Missouri’s Excelsior Springs, is …

Missouri legislators advance charter school measures – The Examiner
The first, sponsored by Rep. Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, would establish a formula by which school districts would transfer funds to charter …

Miscellaneous

Athena Gold Secures Contractor for Drilling at Excelsior Springs Gold Project, Esmeralda – Yahoo Finance
The Excelsior Springs Project is in the heart of Nevada’s Walker Lane Trend. 61% of the historic drill results show gold mineralization above a …