Kathryn ‘Joanne’ Boggess
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Kathryn “Joanne” Boggess, 91, of Richmond, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, at Shirkey Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Richmond.
October 2020
Brenda Denise Marten
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Brenda Denise Marten, 66, of Richmond, died Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, at North Kansas City Hospital.
H-C softballers fall in district semis
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NORBORNE – Hardin-Central’s softball season is over. The Bulldogs concluded their season with an 8-0 loss to the Braymer/ Breckenridge co-op Oct.
Last-minute NHC vs. NHC scrimmage ends in a tie
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HARDIN – An 11th-hour cancellation of an Oct. 16 road meeting with Northwest of Hughesville/Sacred Heart left Norborne Hardin-Central without a team to play.
Scoring avalanche pummels ’Cats in ‘snowball’ game
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ORRICK – The Bearcats’ 78-22 Oct. 16 home loss to North Shelby was “one of those snowball games,” Orrick varsity 8-man football coach Eric Fairchild said.
Spartans skunk Panthers, 42-0; title game Oct. 23
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KNOB NOSTER – Annual Bell Game tension rises to a new, heart-pounding level as Richmond and Lexington prepare to face off across the hashmarks Friday for more than who holds the bell. “Lexington beat Higginsville tonight,” Richmond coach Nick Persell says moments after his Spartans defeat Knob Noster 42-0 Oct.
Rumbaugh takes fifth at conference XC meet
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RICHMOND – Jude Rumbaugh paced Richmond’s runners at the Missouri River Valley Conference East Division boys cross country meet Wednesday at Richmond Middle School. The senior placed fifth in the 3.1-mile race in 18 minutes, 30.9 seconds.
Richmond senior bids farewell to golfing career after state tourney
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SMITHVILLE – Richmond senior Hannah Norris is done with golf. She announced her retirement Tuesday shortly finishing her round at the Class 1 girls state tournament, held on “The Posse” course at Paradise Point Golf Course at Smithville Lake.
COVID-closure causes blowup at county meeting
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RICHMOND – Democrats questioned, and Republicans criticized, the Ray County Commission regarding canceled plans for political gatherings at the Eagleton Center.
Eastern Commissioner Allen Dale, a Democrat, weeks earlier had told fellow Democrats they could not use the center for a political meeting.
“I was told about a month or so ago that we couldn’t use the Eagleton Center, couldn’t rent it out, because of the COVID thing, which I completely agree with,” Democrat Cindy Hewitt said prior to the Oct. 21 commission meeting.
Grace "JoAnn" Burnine
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Grace “JoAnn” Burnine, 69, of Richmond, died Sunday, October 18, 2020 at Shirkey Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Richmond, surrounded by her loving family.
JoAnn was born on November 5, 1950, in Kansas City, KS, the daughter of Cecil and Lucille (Studder) Martin. She was united in marriage to Cleatus Lee Burnine of Richmond on July 26, 1968; he survives of the home.
