Mary ‘Faye’ Ensign
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Mary “Faye” Ensign, 87, of Richmond, passed away Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, at Liberty Hospital.
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FIRE CLAIMS LIFE
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Missouri FFA members attend state conferences
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SEDALIA – Thirteen Richmond High School students are among 4,500 first-year FFA members from more than 320 Missouri high schools who attended the annual Greenhand Motivational Conferences.
On To Nationals
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RICHMOND – Dear Elementary School music teacher Chelsea Jones is the Veterans of Foreign Wars Missouri Citizenship Education Teacher of the Year.
Proposed Ray County budget plan allows 3% raises
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RICHMOND – Having “small change” to spend, the Ray County Commission’s proposed budget offers small changes.
Museum work underway
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RICHMOND – Winter cleaning is underway in Ray County’s “attic,” the museum at 901 W. Royle St., Richmond.
“Today is really the first day of the push,” Ray County Museum manager Cathy Gottsch said while standing in her office last week. “We’re going to revamp this room.”
Wallpaper in the room, the first to the left of the museum entrance, is curling and the overall look is dingy after years of use.
“We want to make it more hospitable,” but that is only part of the room plan, Gottsch said. “We will establish a gift shop in it.”
Year in Review
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PART 3 OF 4
RICHMOND – Our issue-by-issue look back at 2019 community news continues with the year’s third quarter, which includes the Ray County Fair’s 50th Anniversary...
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JULY 5
• Two Ray Countians file applications to grow medical marijuana, a state document reveals.
• Neighbors show concern for the aging bur oak tree in Orrick.
JULY 9
• The Ray County Commission agrees to seek damages against opioid manufacturers and distributors.
Burger King coming
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PROJECT Project superintendent Rick Martin of Knoebel Construction, Chesterfield, says the restaurant could open before the month ends.
But now they're found
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LEXINGTON – At the foot of the Linwood Lawn bed-and-breakfast staircase, Annette Gaiser looked up at big brother Dan Garnett Sr. as they talked about things siblings talk about during family get-togethers.
Except the conversations at this Sharp family gathering mark the first they could remember after spending nearly 70 years apart.
