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From our partners at the Gladstone Citizen and author Jim Oldebeken On January 3, the Clay County government completed its constitutional transformation with its number of commissioners growing from three to seven. Those individuals who the voters elected last November were: WESTERN COMMISSIONER AT LARGE – Jason WithingtonEASTERN COMMISSION AT LARGE – Jo Ann LawsonEASTERN…
January 4, 2023 – On Tuesday night, a malfunction at the Ameren Wood Heights substation left hundreds of Excelsior Springs residents without electricity for nearly 5 hours. According to Ameren Executive, and Excelsior Springs resident, Mike Edwards, a fault in a line at the substation impacted a majority of customers living in downtown Excelsior Springs,…
This year was a difficult one for our community, with an unprecedented amount of violent crime that reached national media coverage several times. Despite these terrible incidents, Excelsior Springs really has a lot to cheer about. There are wonderful things happening in our local organizations. They deserve your attention, time, and money, for their efforts…
In October, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft proposed several new rules for Missouri’s public libraries that would “establish a certification requirement for libraries receiving state funds and institute measures to protect minors from non-age-appropriate materials.” If adopted, Rule 15 CSR 30-200.015 Library Certification Requirement for the Protection of Minors would allow the State of…