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Certain immunocompromised individuals can now receive third dose of vaccine

4 years ago By News Staff

JEFFERSON CITY – Following announcements from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, certain immunocompromised individuals may begin receiving third doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Missouri.

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COVID worse for diabetics

4 years ago By News Staff

JEFFERSON CITY – Studies show having diabetes is not only tied to a worse prognosis, but also an increased risk of death from COVID-19. Diabetes is common among those with severe COVID.

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Sports-related wisdom may come with age

4 years ago By News Staff

PREP TO PRO High heat, drop kicks, random observations and points that amuse are all part of the wide, wide world of sports at the community and national levels. SHAWN RONEY When it comes to my life, Oscar Wilde is usually correct.

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SHEER DELIGHT

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

RICHMOND – The Wollard girls – Amanda, 12; and Nevaeh, 11 – know their animals. Amanda explains how to raise goats.

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Census shows decennial declines, growth

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

• If the numbers are accurate, then Excelsior Springs’ population fell quickly and dramatically, but there are reasons for doubt; • Richmond’s population cleared the 6,000 hurdle; • Clay County gained more people in the past decade than the entire population of neighboring Ray County; and • Ray County lost population. EXCELSIOR SPRINGS Excelsior Springs Economic Development Director Melinda Mehaffy cast doubt on the idea that the city’s population took a one-year nosedive, falling from 11,081 in 2010 to 10,553 after the 2020 count.

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Virus deaths, cases continue to mount; schools set to open

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

RICHMOND – As COVID-19 deaths and cases continue to rise in Ray County, the Richmond School District prepares to open next week for the fall semester. Superintendent Greg Darling said nothing has changed since the district lifted the mask mandate, but the number of confirmed students and teachers with the virus or who are in quarantine will be presented to the board.

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Court makes state pay for voter-approved Medicaid expansion

4 years ago By News Staff

JEFFERSON CITY – After Missouri’s GOP-dominated General Assembly and Gov. Mike Parson refused to honor voter-approved Medicaid expansion, court rulings required funding; and now, the Missouri Department of Social Services will comply.

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Clay among counties that could be asked to take Ray inmates

4 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

RICHMOND – A review of numbers suggests moving some inmates from Ray to other counties, and using ankle monitors for other inmates, could occur. But not cheaply – think roughly $1 million per year.

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