Two programs in Excelsior Springs have received $5,000 grants from the Northland Coalition to support mental health services and youth-led prevention efforts aimed at reducing the risk of opioid misuse among local students.
As part of a summer-long gardening education initiative, the Excelsior Springs Senior Center hosted a hands-on composting workshop, guiding participants through eco-friendly methods to improve soil health and reduce landfill waste.
At Excelsior Springs Hospital, mental health care isn’t an add-on—it’s foundational. That philosophy drives a team of dedicated providers offering a range of services that increasingly serve not just Excelsior Springs, but the surrounding communities as well.
Long after the Civil War, segregation lived on—in the cemeteries.
That’s the case public historian Jeffery Smith made in his talk at Watkins Woolen Mill, where he walked guests through the history of burial inequality, collective memory, and the stories preserved in African American gravesites.
