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A SECOND restaurant featuring Mexican cuisine, Taco Jalisco, has opened with food and liquor at 1006 E. Main St. in the former Oink and Moo building across from the Richmond School District’s offices. At front, Jesus Diaz is among the waiters who serve at the counter. The original Taqulia Jalisco restaurant, which has a more comprehensive menu, closed because of a fire and has remained closed longer than expected for repairs, but it is expected to reopen by the end of June. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA

RICHMOND – Tradition, honor, memories, family, friends… Walt Smith, Lexington, bends and lays red and pink chrysanthemums at a grave to remember a man – a former patient, a friend, a veteran – on Memorial Day at Woodland Cemetery. Before retiring after more than 30 years, Smith worked as a physical therapist and in that role met and assisted Fred Newman.

RICHMOND – Tied votes for an uncontested Richmond City Council seat and in a Board of Education race did not give the public complete results after the April elections, something that might change June 7, barring another tie.

These are exciting and unusual times for public education. Emerging from a pandemic, school districts all across the nation are assessing, re-evaluating and designing student programs and procedures that will reshape not only our teaching and learning styles, but also our overarching views of preparing students for adulthood.

RICHMOND – A bridge-naming procession will start at 3 p.m. June 5 to honor the memory of three Richmond-area residents killed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

RICHMOND – Because her office did not wait, as the Missouri General Assembly waited until the last minute to create new legislative districts following the 2020 census, Ray County Clerk Glenda Powell said Ray County voters will know where to vote Aug. 2.

RICHMOND – Ray County’s oldest World War II veteran, Ted Thomas, turned 102 on May 18 and said he looks forward to Memorial Day on May 30. “It means a whole lot – the memory of them that’s gone on before,” Thomas said, including friends he had made while serving at Honolulu, Hawaii.

RICHMOND – Friends and family, advisors and other drug court members applauded Thomas Hupp, Lloyd Conklin and Kimberly Boude upon graduation April 29 from the Ray County Drug Court. Started in 2005, the court is a program funded by the Clay Platte Ray Mental Health Tax Levy to help people get clean after committing a drug-related felony, pleading guilty and being placed on probation.