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HARDIN – The restart and reopening of this particular school year, fall 2020, brings many questions, concerns and anxiety far beyond a typical new school year for all stakeholders. But we can still have the same excitement of beginning a new school year as every other year.

RICHMOND – Kim Ghisalberti said she hopes her new business will help make supervised custody visits less painful for parents and their children, and maybe reduce travel time. Ghisalberti plans to open On Neutral Ground, a supervised visitation service on North College Street in Richmond, in early September.

RICHMOND – The Small Business Administration is sending a cyber-warning alert to loan applicants seeking federal aid in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The email phishing campaigns involve malicious actors who impersonate the SBA and the Office of Disaster Assistance to collect personally identifiable information for fraudulent purposes.

WINCHESTER, Illinois – John Paul Coonrod usually recognizes most of his customers. Lately, though, he says there have been a lot of unfamiliar faces at Great Scott Community Market.

Todd Hays’ family has been farming in the Monroe City area for seven generations. But the COVID-19 pandemic is causing problems in the farming industry that he said his family has never faced.

• One sexton for 26-acre cemetery n Grass dead around grave markers ‘ • Grass dead around grave markers • Mowed grass left upon markers RICHMOND – A look at the condition of graves within the 26-acre Richmond Memory Gardens cemetery raised concern from a few relatives of people buried there. Wet weather conditions, drainage issues and limited personnel make keeping the cemetery in top shape a constant job.

HARDIN – A fiscal review group, WalletHub, ranked Missouri’s 516 school districts and declared Hardin-Central’s per-pupil spending “least-equitable.” “The ranking is based on average household income and per pupil expenditures,” WalletHub analyst Jill Gonzales told this newspaper. “Hardin-Central School District ranks least equitable because it has the highest spending in the state, over $32,000 per pupil, almost double the state average.