Local newspaper celebrates National Newspaper Week
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The Richmond News team celebrated National Newspaper Week with an open house on Thursday, Oct. 3.
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Clarification:
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The information referenced in the Oct. 6 edition regarding the audit was gathered was used from Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick’s press release. Fitzpatrick rated Ray County as “poor.” The Richmond News will continue to cover this.
Local chamber hosts career event at RHS
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To provide area youth opportunities to gaze into their futures, Richmond High School (RHS), Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Ray County Hospital and Healthcare (RCHH) teamed up for last week’s “Cookies and Careers” event.
RAY COUNTY SHERIFF
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Ray County Sheriff’s Department arrests from September 26, 2023 to October 2, 2023. Tuesday, September 26 At 11:54 a.m., Dennis Lee Simonton, 64, of Excelsior Springs, MO, was arrested for aggravated DWI.
Commissioners vote to rezone RV park to B2
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Over 40 county residents in the Ray County Commissioners quarters voiced their opinions on a future 15.26-acre RV park near W. 112 Street in Richmond.
Woodruff preliminary hearing waived, onto circuit court
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Wood Heights man James Wayne Woodruff Sr., who faces 11 felony charges including second- degree rape, will appear in circuit court Nov. 1.
LERF board approves $19,000 to sheriff’s department
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Ray County Sheriff Scott Childers, Undersheriff Steve Mendoza, and Detective Josh Hamner requested $19,000 for a Cellebrite program from the Ray County Law Enforcement Restitution Funds (LERF). The LERF board unanimously approved the $19,000 to the sheriff’s department from the $75,000 funds.
Local man flies on honor trip
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Hardin resident and veteran Ora Eaton, 75, was invited to join the Sept. 27 Honor Flight to Washington D.C.
Funds allocated for crosswalks
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Newly painted crosswalks were a topic of discussion for the Richmond City Council, who unanimously approved reallocating $15,000 to use on additional thermo crosswalks. “Thermoplasty are the little beads of glass.