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RICHMOND – Ray-Carroll County Grain Growers awarded $1,000 scholarships to area students. Recipient Morgan Finley, Hardin-Central High School, the daughter of Jared and Annie Finley, plans to study nursing at North Central Missouri College in Trenton.

RICHMOND – A rainy morning gave way to a sun-and-cloud dappled Sunday afternoon as Richmond seniors marched out from the high school to the football field for graduation while hearing the band play “Pomp and Circumstance,” led by director Jeffrey Clymore.

RICHMOND – Law enforcers continue to look for a person with whom they wish to speak after a deadly arson fire, and Missouri Fire Safety completed work and withdrew from the investigation. Caldwell County Sheriff Mitchell Allen said the “vehicle of interest” is a black Ford Escape SUV with tinted windows and possibly a black, male driver.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – “Full funding” for public school transportation might translate to hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Excelsior Springs and Richmond school districts. Richmond School District Transportation Director Jeff Southwick said, when the school year concludes in a few days, then the district will focus on possible savings.

RICHMOND – Sparkling paint jobs and sunshine glinting from chrome greeted scores of participants and guests at the Richmond Mushroom Festival Car Show. Sponsored by Belair Farms in the City Hall parking lot, the show included century-old and modern vehicles with brilliant paint jobs, glass flakes, pinstripes and flames.

RICHMOND – Several impeccably restored tractors, including a rare model, lined 110 E. Main St.

ORRICK – Orrick’s class of 2022 experienced tragedies in the journey from pre-kindergarten through senior year. The 2014 tornado as fourth-graders.