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Body JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson and Missouri State Fair Director Mark Wolfe announced this year’s fair drew 330,125 people to celebrate Show-Me State agriculture.

Body RICHMOND – Taking Shapes, a non-profit organization, will present the community performance of “The Nutcracker All Jazzed Up” Dec. 18 at Richmond’s Farris Theatre.

Body WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education approved Missouri’s American Rescue Plan Elementary and the Secondary School Emergency Relief plan and distributed remaining funds.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Missouri State Parks and Mid-Continent Public Library staff members invite the public to attend the “Arts of the Capitol” virtual program, presented by art historian Dr. Sarah S. Jones at 7 p.m. Oct. 21.

Body RICHMOND – Richmond, in association with The Olsson Studio of Kansas City, is updating the community Comprehensive Plan. The plan is designed to help cities develop a long-term, shared vision for the future and a blueprint for achieving those goals.

Body RICHMOND – A Richmond Middle School teacher left the district abruptly last Friday, but the district is not saying whether a racial slur led to the departure.

Body RICHMOND – Residents across the Kansas City metropolitan area had a chance to hear something on Channel 41 their rural neighbors have long known – many farm areas lack internet service.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.