Head East, Rampage rock Richmond reunion
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RICHMOND – The musical groups Head East and Rampage rocked the Richmond High School All-School Reunion Sept. 25 at 722 Wollard Blvd.
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2021 Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast Oct. 14 at 1st Baptist Church
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RICHMOND – Government, religious, civic leaders and residents will gather for the 2021 Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast to pray for the community and nation. The event starts with breakfast at 6:45 a.m.
Masks required for public transportation
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KANSAS CITY – The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration increased the range of civil penalties that may be imposed on individuals who violate the federal mask mandate for transportation.
School district deals with food, staffing issues
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RICHMOND – The Richmond School District is dealing with shortages of food and teachers, nothing too serious, but a concern, Superintendent Greg Darling said. SCHOOL FOOD The food shortage resulted from too few truck drivers to make timely deliveries, something familiar to school districts metrowide, he said.
200,000 in Missouri now eligible to get Medicaid coverage
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RICHMOND – Medicaid expansion began last week in Missouri. Healthcare for Missouri led the statewide campaign that resulted in voters passing Amendment 2 to force expansion.
BLOOD BEHIND BARS
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RICHMOND – A Ray County Jail inmate faces assault charges after reportedly stabbing another inmate. “(Injuries) were serious enough that he had to be transported to the hospital and had to be stitched up,” Sheriff Scott Childers said Oct.
Death toll up, but active COVID cases down
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RICHMOND – Ray County deaths rose, but overall cases of COVID-19 declined, based on the latest information released by the Ray County Health Department. The department reported 45 people have died from the virus and 40 people have active cases since the start in 2020.
Elementary students learn parts of Chinese language
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RICHMOND – Dear Elementary Principal Marlaine Boyd reported on one of the school activities this year. “Mrs.
NEWSPAPER HALL OF FAME
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Missouri Press Association inducted the editor-in-chief of The Excelsior Springs Standard and the Richmond News, Jack “Miles” Ventimiglia, into the Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame on Sept. 24.
Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame inducts 44 members
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SEDALIA – 2021 Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame inductees include Ray Countian Jill Jones. “Making the best better” for generations of Missouri 4-H club members, 44 volunteers joined the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame on Aug.