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RICHMOND – Richmond High School senior Joseph Martin, 17, Richmond, underwent a two-day orientation as a member of the American Battlefield Trust’s Youth Leadership Team, or YLT. Martin and 13 other teens will spend the next year engaged in an advocacy campaign to bring historic preservation, education and heritage tourism initiatives to his community.

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, or DHSS, reported 84,597,200 meals have been served through the Bureau Community Food and Nutrition Services, or CFNA, during the COVID-19 Response.

ST. LOUIS – Three years after Missourians agreed to change the Constitution to allow the use and sale of medical cannabis, a new campaign aims to give voters the opportunity to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use in 2022.

RICHMOND – The musical groups Head East and Rampage rocked the Richmond High School All-School Reunion Sept. 25 at 722 Wollard Blvd.

RICHMOND – Government, religious, civic leaders and residents will gather for the 2021 Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast to pray for the community and nation. The event starts with breakfast at 6:45 a.m.

RICHMOND – Medicaid expansion began last week in Missouri. Healthcare for Missouri led the statewide campaign that resulted in voters passing Amendment 2 to force expansion.

RICHMOND – A Ray County Jail inmate faces assault charges after reportedly stabbing another inmate. “(Injuries) were serious enough that he had to be transported to the hospital and had to be stitched up,” Sheriff Scott Childers said Oct.

RICHMOND – Ray County deaths rose, but overall cases of COVID-19 declined, based on the latest information released by the Ray County Health Department. The department reported 45 people have died from the virus and 40 people have active cases since the start in 2020.