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422,000 IN NATION DIE 247 IN CLAY COUNTY DIE 19 IN RAY COUNTY DIE RICHMOND – The COVID-19 death toll continues to rise in Clay and Ray counties and across the nation. More U.S.

RICHMOND – Classes return to normal Monday at Richmond High School, though students may opt out of in-class learning, Superintendent Greg Darling said. “The high school’s going to go back to regular classes, face-to-face,” he said.

ATLANTA – Missouri ranks 45th out of the 50 states for COVID-19 vaccine delivery and 50th for people vaccinated:1.2%. The delivery ranking targets the number of doses administered per 100,000 people.

RICHMOND – The Annual Candy Cane Lane occurred differently this holiday season, with volunteers holding the event at Oak Ridge of Richmond. Volunteers united to brighten the holiday season for children prevented by the coronavirus, COVID-19, from visiting Santa at stores and other locations.

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri’s preferential tax break for online, out-of-state business versus in-state, mom-and-pop stores faces another challenge this year in the General Assembly. Denny Hoskins’ Senate bill 97 would collect sales tax from online sellers whose sales exceed $100,000 per year, meaning the average business selling an item on eBay would pay no tax.

RICHMOND – This is the last in a four-part, issue-by-issue review of 2020... FOURTH QUARTER OCTOBER Oct.

WASHINGTON – Just three days before the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II of Missouri, whose district includes Ray County, delivered the prayer to open the 117th U.S. Congress.