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OKLAHOMA CITY – With workplaces and schools online to prevent the spread of COVID-19, many people are relying on a strong internet connection. But in some states, less than 50% of rural households have access to broadband, data from the Federal Communications Commission shows.

RICHMOND – Having received requests from schools and other government groups for federal aid, the Ray County Commission expects them to ask for more money, and businesses might seek a share, too. The federal government provided the commission with $2.7 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, funding.

RICHMOND – The election ended days early for those Ray Countians who cast ballots before the traditional Election Day on Tuesday. Jennifer Siebert joined the throng of early voters.

ON ELECTION night at the Ray County Courthouse in Richmond, after learning he has won the election for Ray County sheriff, Scott Childers lifts his son, Grady Childers, who gives a thumbs up. AFTER he wins the vacant Ray County Eastern Commission District seat, Dawn Powell gives her father, Dave Powell, a hug at the Ray County Courthouse on election night.

RICHMOND – Children in vehicles lined up from the City Hall complex back to the Ray County Courthouse to take part on Halloween at this year’s literal Trick or Treat Street drive-through event. Community leaders, city staff, police and fire department members helped organize and conduct the event, City Administrator Tonya Willim said a few minutes before the first youngster in line, Justin Davis, 8, received his bag of candy.

An “ahhh-inspiring” Halloween haunted house greeted trick-or-treaters on Halloween at the Wilson residence. “There are seven scenes,” Derrick Wilson said while standing on the stairway leading to those seven hells at 408 S.