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Body PRATT, Kansas – This summer marks the third year that neighboring Kansans have grown industrial hemp. Yet growing the less sexy cousin of the plant associated with getting high and some medicinal uses has proved riskier and more difficult than many farmers expected.

Body RICHMOND – Christian Fellowship Ministry is working with Samaritan’s Purse on Operation Christmas Child, a holiday donation operation, ministry member Libby Sturm stated.

Body HULBERT, Oklahoma – The lack of rural broadband resembles another issue faced decades ago – lack of rural electric. “In rural areas, you can have less than 10 customers for every mile of fiber optics that you have,” Hamid Vahdatipour, CEO of Lake Region Electric Cooperative, said.

Body When I was just turning 40, with two young children and a full-time job, my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I had never seen her sick a day in my life.

Body RICHMOND – Holiday events have returned to Excelsior Springs and Richmond as the pandemic is getting under control. RICHMOND A classic Richmond holiday event, the Christmas Extravaganza and Parade, will go through downtown and include his holiday highness, Santa.

Body WASHINGTON – Missouri remains the U.S. population center. Since 1980, the center site has varied, moving east across Missouri: 1980, DeSoto; 1990, Steelville; 2000, Edgar Springs; and 2010, Plato, near Springfield.

Body RICHMOND – The agriculture education classes and FFA chapter have put on Supervised Agriculture Experience, or SAE, Day for several years.

Body KANSAS CITY – In the book “Out Front Together,” Jim Dalton reveals the price paid – by his family in Ray County, the people of Kansas City, Independence and western Missouri – for race hatred before, during and after the Civil War to the present day.

Body WARRENSBURG – Care Connection has licensed navigators who can provide one-on-one, unbiased information and enrollment help for people interested in the Health Insurance Marketplace, agency information states.

Body JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri has spent $222 million of the $1.7 billion received under the American Rescue Plan, or ARP, Act so far, based on State Auditor Nicole Galloway’s reports.