ONE OF THE BEST Richmond’s Karoline Dooley ended her junior season as one of the state’s elite high school golfers. Dooley placed sixth among 80-plus individual finishers at the Class 2 state tournament, which concluded Tuesday at Meadow Lake Acres Country Club in New Bloomfield.
Christian Road Bridge is now open to traffic, marking a long-anticipated milestone for Ray County. The project, built through collaboration between the county, Mo-DOT, Burns & McDonnell and Decker Construction, was confirmed complete during a recent commission meeting, where engineers detailed the bridge’s safety, testing results and long-term monitoring plan.
The Richmond R-XVI School District has found a new way to celebrate the people who have stood behind its student athletes for decades. This fall, the administration began recognizing longtime contributors to Spartan athletics during home football games, highlighting the deep ties between the school district and its community.
Richmond High School seniors will soon have the chance to earn credit while gaining real-world experience through a new scheduling option that blends classroom learning with job or internship hours. Richmond High School leaders introduced the Spartan FLEX Program during the October 16 Board of Education meeting, outlining a scheduling option for seniors beginning in the second semester of the 2025–26 school year.