News

Welcome to the 2021-2022 school year. We are excited to once again welcome students and support them as they begin, continue or near the end of their educational journeys with us at Hardin-Central.

ODESSA – Coach Nick Persell and his Spartans worked through plays on Aug. 20 at the Odessa jamboree, a threeway, hard-hitting, preseason scrimmage among Richmond, Odessa and Lincoln College Preparatory Academy.

RICHMOND – Infrastructure is a big deal to U.S. Sen.

LAWSON – Representatives from Missouri State Parks held an informational meeting Wednesday at Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site, 26600 Park Road North, Lawson. The park service invited the public to share comments and ask questions about the park and operations there.

HARDIN – Morgan Finley and Blake Logsdon are this year’s Ray County Fair Harold Strobel Citizen of Service Award recipients. Each will receive $250.

SEDALIA – More than three years after this newspaper broke the story – “Deadbeat Missouri? State claims ‘balanced budget,’ but in arrears to county jail fees” – the state has paid the debt.

RICHMOND – After 48 years of mostly government service, retirement looms for U.S. Sen.

WASHINGTON – Missouri celebrated the 200th anniversary of statehood Aug. 10 and the Census Bureau offers these state facts...

WASHINGTON – At the weekly Republican leadership press conference, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt shared local news stories about Missourians who have become seriously ill or lost family members to COVID and urged others to get vaccinated.