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RICHMOND – Three Excelsior Springs leaders asked and received Ray County Commission support for a Fishing River study to prevent floods that have struck the city several times since 1951, including June 25, 2021.

RICHMOND – Talk continues but solutions remain elusive regarding safe rail crossings at and near Henrietta. After the Missouri Department of Transportation had sold the old Highway 13 bridge in Henrietta to the Ray County Commission, which could not afford maintenance, the overpass closed due to safety issues.

RICHMOND – Ray County Presiding Commissioner Bob King agreed to appoint two people to the Law Enforcement Restitution Committee. King named Julie Nelson and Rachelle Berry to the committee.

WILMINGTON, Delaware – Reed Lillard, 72, Richmond, a 1967 Richmond High School graduate, has received his doctor of philosophy degree in engineering from Provident University in Wilmington, Delaware.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Rep. Doug Richey, whose legislative district includes Excelsior Springs, will lose some constituents and gain others under the redistricting plan approved by the state House of Representatives late last month.

■ LOCATION: 210 AT 10 ■ 10,000 SQUARE FEET ■ 8-TON CEILING CRANE RICHMOND– The new Ag-Power building’s grand opening should take place in March, depending on the troubled supply chain, manager Chris Roberson said. “We haven’t got anything firm.

■ RAISES ACROSS BOARD ■ BUMP ‘A MORAL BOOST’ ■ COST OF RAISES: $190,000 RICHMOND – County employees will get 3% raises, around half of what is being discussed for state employees. The Ray County Commission approved the pay bump Monday.