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KANSAS CITY – Federal Judge Greg Kays might deliver prison time to a mail carrier, Paul O. Robinson, 26, Richmond.

KANSAS CITY – The Missouri Department of Conservation confirmed avian influenza, or bird flu, has been detected in an American white pelican in Clay County. “It was found by a pond by a private citizen, and then it was euthanized and tested,” Missouri Department of Conservation spokesman Bill Graham said March 10.

RICHMOND – Dear Elementary students have been learning about the Six Pillars of Character with Character Counts, based on school information. They learned about respect and worked on following the Golden Rule, accepting differences and being considerate of others’ feelings.

RICHMOND– The chili chef, Ron White, lifts a lid and stirs while standing in front of several tables filled by more than a dozen full roasting pans. “It’s my original recipe,” he says.

RICHMOND – The effort to maintain Missouri’s model for paying sheltered workshop employees continues. Ideal Industries Director Heather Pugh credited the Baker family for raising awareness for workshop employees from Ray and Clay counties.

RICHMOND – This year’s Ray County budget includes 17 law enforcement vehicles, a point of uncertainty for cost-conscious commissioners and a point the sheriff calls a necessity. COMMISSION TALK Older vehicles will be replaced by leased vehicles and sold, Eastern Commissioner Dave Powell said.

NOT MAJESTIC, but admirable for solidity, the old Ray-Carroll grain elevator in Richmond takes weeks to demolish. The first image dates to Feb. 9. The second shows the 1-ton wrecking ball that is set to strike. Taken Feb. 15, the third image shows significant destruction.

HENRIETTA – Small drug seizures occur frequently in Ray County, but Sheriff Scott Childers said he became annoyed when Facebook took down his post about a larger bust. “We got drug trafficking charges out of it,” Childers said.

TEARING DOWN the unused Ray- Carroll grain elevator on Old Highway 10 on Richmond’s west side takes Earthworks Excavating from Higginsville about three weeks. But wrecking the old building is not all doing the job requires. Climbing atop a pile of debris left over from the elevator’s demolition, a claw scoops chunks of concrete into one of several dump trucks being used at the site. More photos, Page 5. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA

RICHMOND – Richmond School District’s administrative team released the following information March 3... “It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Jana Fleckenstine, Middle School principal.