December 2020

Norma Jean Henderson, 83, of Richmond, died at 7:09 p.m. Sunday, Dec.

Joyce Ann Bowles, 73, of Richmond, died Saturday, November 28, 2020, at NorthCare Hospice House in North Kansas City. Joyce was born on April 8, 1947, in Maywood, California, the daughter of George and Clara Bettie (Claypole) Adams.

Dan Carson Watkins, 64, passed away on November 10, 2020 at his home in Richmond, Missouri. He was born on November 30,1955 to Hurshel and Alice (Wright) Watkins.

RICHMOND – The action plan requires assembly-line precision to create, package and distribute Thanksgiving dinners to scores of people at New Beginnings Church. Several volunteers in the kitchen – among them Misty Carpenter, Linda Powers and Eleanor Covey – bake the turkey and cornbread stuffing, stir the green beans and gravy, and mash the potatoes.

HARDIN – The harvest has ended and the Missouri Department of Transportation has started deck replacement on the Highway J bridge over Crooked River between Hardin and Highway 13. MoDOT had planned to start work in early September, before the corn and soybean harvest.

RICHMOND – Newly elected leaders from the president down often replace staff and Ray County Sheriffelect Scott Childers is doing the same. “I looked at who I thought would be a good fit.

LIBERTY – The Northland Coalition named Angie Winkler the recipient of their Outstanding Commitment to Prevention Award for 2020. A clinical liaison for Signature Psychiatric Hospital, Winkler has been an active participant in the coalition for several years, most recently serving as president for 2019-20.

RICHMOND – Rep. Peggy McGaugh presented Melissa Perkins with a House resolution during the Ray County Commission meeting Nov.

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, or DHSS, encourages taking activities outdoors during the COVID-19 pandemic, this does not imply that prevention measures should be ignored.

RICHMOND – The idea some in Washington floated – that COVID-19 would disappear after the presidential election – has proved false nationally and in Clay and Ray counties. Including most of the northern part of Kansas City, Clay County in the past week has recorded another 15 deaths.