Parson declares Mo. State Fair source of pride
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JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson and Missouri State Fair Director Mark Wolfe announced this year’s fair drew 330,125 people to celebrate Show-Me State agriculture.
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Nutcracker dancing open free to children; event at Farris
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RICHMOND – Taking Shapes, a non-profit organization, will present the community performance of “The Nutcracker All Jazzed Up” Dec. 18 at Richmond’s Farris Theatre.
D.C. OKs Mo. plan to use rescue funds
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education approved Missouri’s American Rescue Plan Elementary and the Secondary School Emergency Relief plan and distributed remaining funds.
‘Arts of the Capitol’ at library
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Missouri State Parks and Mid-Continent Public Library staff members invite the public to attend the “Arts of the Capitol” virtual program, presented by art historian Dr. Sarah S. Jones at 7 p.m. Oct. 21.
Comprehensive plan ready for public comment
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RICHMOND – Richmond, in association with The Olsson Studio of Kansas City, is updating the community Comprehensive Plan. The plan is designed to help cities develop a long-term, shared vision for the future and a blueprint for achieving those goals.
QUICK AND UNEXPLAINED EXIT
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RICHMOND – A Richmond Middle School teacher left the district abruptly last Friday, but the district is not saying whether a racial slur led to the departure. The district did not fire the teacher, Superintendent Greg Darling said Monday, erasing part of a rumor that had been circulating within the community.
Metro residents hear rural areas denied internet
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RICHMOND – Residents across the Kansas City metropolitan area had a chance to hear something on Channel 41 their rural neighbors have long known – many farm areas lack internet service. The lack of service creates problems for rural-area students and businesses, and anyone wanting to be enlightened or entertained, or to communicate through using the internet.
Teen joins youth team
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RICHMOND – Richmond High School senior Joseph Martin, 17, Richmond, underwent a two-day orientation as a member of the American Battlefield Trust’s Youth Leadership Team, or YLT. Martin and 13 other teens will spend the next year engaged in an advocacy campaign to bring historic preservation, education and heritage tourism initiatives to his community.
Number of vulnerable children fed by program doubles
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, or DHSS, reported 84,597,200 meals have been served through the Bureau Community Food and Nutrition Services, or CFNA, during the COVID-19 Response.
Missouri could become 20th state to approve sale of marijuana for recreational use
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ST. LOUIS – Three years after Missourians agreed to change the Constitution to allow the use and sale of medical cannabis, a new campaign aims to give voters the opportunity to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use in 2022.