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RICHMOND – Months of planning by city leaders accepting public input and professional guidance have led to the Richmond City Council’s adoption of a new comprehensive plan. “It was very positive input that we had from our citizens,” Mayor Mike Wright said prior to formal acceptance.

JEFFERSON CITY – City leaders took congressional redistricting concerns to lawmakers in Jefferson City with perfect results for Richmond and Ray County residents, state Rep. Peggy McGaugh said.

RICHMOND – Having worked on the front lines as a longtime election official, and now as a Republican state representative, Peggy McGaugh is leery about claims of widespread election fraud. Although more than 60 court cases and sworn testimony from election officials have failed to show widespread, outcome-changing election fraud, lawmakers in several states have passed or are considering laws to make voting more difficult, including in Missouri.

A MEMBER of the Family and Consumer Science Class at Richmond Middle School, seventh-grader Ben Curtis works to build a monster. CREATING a stuffed creature begins with the face.

RICHMOND – Less than halfway through the program, more than 120 people had already joined what is expected to be recalled as the first annual International Day for People with Disabilities Dec. 3 at the Richmond High School track.

JEFFERSON CITY – The COVID-19 pandemic caused nursing homes to change policies overnight, with telehealth adopted widely in an effort to reduce stress on the health care system. Telehealth did so by keeping residents safe and avoiding unnecessary transfers to already-overwhelmed hospitals, based of University of Missouri information.

PLEASANT VALLEY – Sheriff Will Akin opened the Community Drug Education Summit with the reason for calling together law enforcers, mental health specialists and the public: “We are investigating an unprecedented number of cases involving deaths due to drug overdoses. We’re talking about teens and young adults here.” A DRUG HUB Poorly made, deadly drugs – primarily fentanyl, a synthetic opioid – flow into Ray, Clay and Jackson counties.