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As COVID-19 affects people, other virus could affect hogs

6 years ago By Amy Meyer

RICHMOND – Long before the world became aware of the novel coronavirus that has most people in the United States staying home, the pork industry watched with concern as a different virus decimated the pig population in China.

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VOLUNTEERS FEED HUNDREDS

6 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

RICHMOND – The sun is barely up when John Johnson, Lexington, climbs out of bed and makes the drive across the Missouri River to Ray County.

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Residential, curbside yard waste pickup gets underway for residents of Richmond

6 years ago By News Staff

RICHMOND – The city offers curbside yard waste pickup by Heartland Waste to all residential trash customers.

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County employees may opt to return to work

6 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

RICHMOND – After being home for days that have turned into weeks, Ray County employees who may be suffering from “cabin fever” have the option to return to work Monday, Presiding Commissioner Bob King said.

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911 seen as lifesavers

6 years ago By News Staff

RICHMOND – This year, National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week 2020, April 12-18, takes place during an unprecedented time for the nation, information from Ray County 911 states. Whether an opera

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Inmate’s death under review

6 years ago By News Staff

LIBERTY – The Clay County Sheriff’s Office identified the inmate pronounced dead at an area hospital – after suffering a medical emergency in the Clay County Detention Center on Friday – as Charles Aaron Holtsclaw, 36, Kansas City.

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States work to relax social distancing

6 years ago By News Staff

BALTIMORE - The Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University updated pandemic information regarding social distancing Wednesday.

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Coping tools include rooting family in resiliency

6 years ago By News Staff

RICHMOND – Tri-County Mental Health Services is reaching out to the community to offer coping tools to help alleviate family stress caused by the coronavirus, COVID-19.

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Plasma donated from former virus patients sought

6 years ago By News Staff

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services encourages people who are fully recovered from COVID-19 to make an unpaid, voluntary donation of plasma.