RICHMOND – This is the last in a four-part, issue-by-issue review of 2020...

FOURTH QUARTER

OCTOBER

Oct. 2

• Clay County reports 54 COVID-19 deaths and more than 4,000 cases, and Ray County confirms two deaths and 183 cases.

• The Richmond News captures the Gold Cup as the No. 1 small weekly newspaper in the state, takes first place for best editorial pages from the National Newspaper Association and takes first place for best editorial in the seven-state Society of Professional Journalists’ Diamond Awards contest.

Oct. 9

• Shirkey Golf Course holds a fall festival.

• Clay and Ray counties again focus on safe, secure elections as officials look toward November voting.

• The Richmond News reveals that, with little time left to apply, less than 20% of the CARES Act funding sent to the County Commission has been allocated.

Oct. 16

• The virus closes Richmond High School for at least three weeks.

• A new mural brightens the west side entrance to Richmond’s downtown.

• Dari B owner Tommy Carroll, 70, an…