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As Building Safety Month enters its second week, Richmond officials are urging residents to take an active role in keeping homes, schools and businesses structurally safe and environmentally responsible.

A Wood Heights man who originally faced seven felony charges has pleaded guilty to just one and may serve no prison time if he successfully completes a 120-day Department of Corrections program. James Wayne Woodruff Sr., 66, recently entered a guilty plea before Eighth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Dennis A.

MIRANDA JAMISON Families in Ray County will soon have the chance to step into the wild world of Missouri’s outdoors – without even leaving town. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is hosting the Ray County Conservation Family Night from 5-7 p.m.

MIRANDA JAMISON An Orrick man who once faced 11 felony child sex abuse charges and ultimately pleaded guilty to two charges is now the subject of a warrant after allegedly violating the terms of his house arrest, throwing his plea agreement and sentencing into uncertainty. Cody L.

MIRANDA JAMISON The Ray County Commission unanimously rejected a $1.2 million offer from the Missouri Highway Commission and BNSF Railroad to permanently close two grade-level railroad crossings, citing the importance of the routes for emergency flood response and the absence of any documented safety issues. The offer, which proposed the closure of crossings at Gill Road and Sand Pit Road in exchange for $600,000 each, was formally declined in a letter approved and signed by commissioners on April 30.