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A Ray County bridge might make the National Register of Historic Places. If it does, however, it probably won’t be in the same location where many Ray Countians remember it standing.

Billy Gaines moves forward as the Ray County Republican Party’s choice for presiding commissioner. Gaines will face Democrat Shirley (Bush) O’Dell in November.

The Richmond Fire Department’s newest member is familiar with serving in uniform. Brad Amen, an engineer, firefighter and EMT, is a former Marine.

Husband-and-wife entrepreneurs Mike and Amanda Shults are hoping all will scream for the Sweet Stop Ice Cream Shop, their soon-to-open business. A few weeks away from a grand opening, the shop is located at 104 S.

Ray County Memorial Hospital has received a five-star rating on the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating scale.

If Missourians approve recreational marijuana, it’ll affect dispensaries like the Kansas City Cannabis Co. – and workers in the cannabis industry like Corey Martin.

Participants in a sport that goes unnoticed by many in Ray County amid the heat of summer just returned from state competition at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. The Guys and Gals 4-H Club horsemen, led by Whitney Marrant, headed to Sedalia July 29 and returned July 31 with many ribbons, great memories and stronger relationships with friends and their horses.

The Richmond City Council took steps last week to replace water lines that have long plagued the city with leaks and breaks. During the council’s July 26 meeting at City Hall, Taylor Jergens of Olsson summarized results of the acoustic water leak investigation study conducted in April by WaterNet.

HAILEY DOLT gives a thumbs up to her mother before she models on July 21 in front of the fashion show judges. SOPHIA BALES | Staff NOT ONLY ARE they Farm Family of the Year, but Jonathon and Shari Renfro also win the Harold Strobel Award during the Ray County Fair.