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Body RICHMOND – Pool roof repairs sank into the deep end, with the whole roof needing replacement. “Those joists are just a mess,” Park Superintendent Terry Dickey said Monday at the site.

Body HARDIN – The Missouri Department of Transportation has opened the re-decked Route J Bridge over Crooked River in southern Ray County. Crews began rehabbing the bridge in November 2020.

Body RICHMOND – Former Richmond School District Superintendent Mike Aytes’ employment discrimination suit includes allegations of cheating and sexual harassment involving head varsity football and baseball coach Nick Persel

Body RICHMOND – These results are for contested races in Ray County and Excelsior Springs... HEALTH DEPT.

Body RICHMOND – Hundreds of community residents surrounded the hunting grounds April 2 at Maurice Roberts Park during the first of two Richmond Parks and Recreation Department Community Easter Egg hunts.

Body Focusing on a couple of glass display cabinets, Steven Ritter, Excelsior Springs, goes over plans with staff about the coming auction’s agenda, starting with a lifetime’s collection of coins, followed by writing pens and jewelry, and then back-and-forth calls between inkwells and...

Body JEFFERSON CITY – Medicaid expansion advocates celebrated victory in August after more than 53% of voters said the program should add more than 200,000 Missourians.

Body RICHMOND – Former Hardin Police Chief Ted Kuhlman still lives in Ray County and remains a Ray County 911 Board member, though he works in Benton County. “He has taken employment (there), but he still lives in Ray County,” 911 Board President Paul Harris said March 26.

Body WOOD HEIGHTS – Whether Wood Heights Fire Department will have equipment that continues to work when needed is up to voters Tuesday. They will vote Proposition A up or down.

Body RICHMOND – Auditors gave the city a clean audit and praised the administration’s handling of finances in the past fiscal year. Rita Carpenter of Westbrook & Co.