An issue-by-issue look at 2020 (part 4)
RICHMOND – This is the last in a four-part, issue-by-issue review of 2020...
FOURTH QUARTER
OCTOBER
Oct. 2
• Clay County reports 54 COVID-19 deaths and more than 4,000 cases, and Ray County confirms two deaths and 183 cases.
• The Richmond News captures the Gold Cup as the No. 1 small weekly newspaper in the state, takes first place for best editorial pages from the National Newspaper Association and takes first place for best editorial in the seven-state Society of Professional Journalists’ Diamond Awards contest.
Oct. 9
• Shirkey Golf Course holds a fall festival.
• Clay and Ray counties again focus on safe, secure elections as officials look toward November voting.
• The Richmond News reveals that, with little time left to apply, less than 20% of the CARES Act funding sent to the County Commission has been allocated.
Oct. 16
• The virus closes Richmond High School for at least three weeks.
• A new mural brightens the west side entrance to Richmond’s downtown.
• Dari B…