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Richmond City Council unanimously approved Bill No. 23-31, an ordinance approving an award agreement and articles of agreement between Richmond Police Department (RPD) and Missouri regarding the Local Violent Crime Grant (LVCG) administered by the Missouri Department of Public Safety (MDPS). “The police department was awarded the $21,500 grant that they applied for as a local violent crime prevention. Anytime that we do an inter-governmental agreement between the city and another government, it needs to be passed by ordinance,” said Richmond City Administrator Tonya Willim.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is encouraging agricultural producers and forest landowners in Missouri to participate in voluntary conservation programs and adopt climate-smart practices in FY24 as part of President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

Every year nearly 44 Veterans take their own lives, according to the America’s Warrior Partnership (AWP). In light of Veterans Day, there are many ways to support local Veterans; this Veteran’s Day was created after World War I ended – when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, according to department.va.gov.