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JEFFERSON CITY – Battling COVID-19 misinformation is a priority for Donald Kauerauf, Missouri’s new Department of Health and Senior Services director, he said Sept. 16.

RICHMOND – Superintendent Greg Darling – who said Monday he does not like masks – lamented education had just started to get back on track when the Delta variant led to a surge in COVID-19 cases.

SEDALIA – A couple of dozen youngsters and adults at the Missouri State Fair played the role of assembly line workers. They worked next to a conveyer belt to place boxes of cereal, jars of peanut butter and cans of vegetables – and assorted other food items – into large boxes sent down the line to pack for hungry children statewide.

ORRICK – Pomp and circumstance await the Bearcats as they return to the gridiron after an unexpected bye week. As this newspaper reported, Orrick was slated for a Week 3 road trip to play Concordia in varsity 8-man football.

SAVANNAH BARTLEY AND ROSS GREER HOMECOMING CANDIDATES BLAKE BUCHANAN AND LAUREN COX HOMECOMING CANDIDATES MADISYN HARTWICK AND CHANLER WOODS HOMECOMING CANDIDATES BROOKE ARCHIBALD AND JEFF ROHDE FRESHMAN ATTENDANTS KIERSTIN McELWEE AND HUNTER SPEAR SOPHOMORE ATTENDANTS OWEN FINCHER AND MADALYN NORTON JUNIOR ATTENDANTS.

RICHMOND – The Ray County Community Arts Association dedicated the Ray County Bicentennial Mural on Sunday in downtown Richmond. Painted by Sam Welty of Norfolk, Virginia, the mural depicts Ray County in the time of the state’s founding in 1821.

RICHMOND – The Ray County Community Arts Association acknowledged supporters during the Ray County Bicentennial Mural dedication Sunday in downtown Richmond. Before Sam Welty had painted the mural and before Patricia Pierce had created the sketch, the vision for the painting came from a former association member, Lana Zeikle, who has since died, association President Melinda White said.

RICHMOND – The Whitmer Symposium will be held virtually at 2 p.m. Sept.