Blunt ready for retirement? Sort of...
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RICHMOND – After 48 years of mostly government service, retirement looms for U.S. Sen.
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Missourians celebrate bicentennial this month
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WASHINGTON – Missouri celebrated the 200th anniversary of statehood Aug. 10 and the Census Bureau offers these state facts...
State’s top Republican, Roy Blunt, shares stories urging COVID shots
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WASHINGTON – At the weekly Republican leadership press conference, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt shared local news stories about Missourians who have become seriously ill or lost family members to COVID and urged others to get vaccinated.
Certain immunocompromised individuals can now receive third dose of vaccine
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JEFFERSON CITY – Following announcements from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, certain immunocompromised individuals may begin receiving third doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Missouri.
COVID worse for diabetics
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JEFFERSON CITY – Studies show having diabetes is not only tied to a worse prognosis, but also an increased risk of death from COVID-19. Diabetes is common among those with severe COVID.
SHEER DELIGHT
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RICHMOND – The Wollard girls – Amanda, 12; and Nevaeh, 11 – know their animals. Amanda explains how to raise goats.
Census shows decennial declines, growth
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• If the numbers are accurate, then Excelsior Springs’ population fell quickly and dramatically, but there are reasons for doubt; • Richmond’s population cleared the 6,000 hurdle; • Clay County gained more people in the past decade than the entire population of neighboring Ray County; and • Ray County lost population. EXCELSIOR SPRINGS Excelsior Springs Economic Development Director Melinda Mehaffy cast doubt on the idea that the city’s population took a one-year nosedive, falling from 11,081 in 2010 to 10,553 after the 2020 count.
Virus deaths, cases continue to mount; schools set to open
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RICHMOND – As COVID-19 deaths and cases continue to rise in Ray County, the Richmond School District prepares to open next week for the fall semester. Superintendent Greg Darling said nothing has changed since the district lifted the mask mandate, but the number of confirmed students and teachers with the virus or who are in quarantine will be presented to the board.
Court makes state pay for voter-approved Medicaid expansion
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JEFFERSON CITY – After Missouri’s GOP-dominated General Assembly and Gov. Mike Parson refused to honor voter-approved Medicaid expansion, court rulings required funding; and now, the Missouri Department of Social Services will comply.
Clay among counties that could be asked to take Ray inmates
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RICHMOND – A review of numbers suggests moving some inmates from Ray to other counties, and using ankle monitors for other inmates, could occur. But not cheaply – think roughly $1 million per year.
