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VOTES ARE IN

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RICHMOND – Voters broke two ties during Tuesday’s special elections, with 4.6% of the registered voters choosing a Ward 1 council member and a Richmond R-XVI Board of Education member. Jim Hardison took the vacant Ward 1 council seat with 18 votes.
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Bales joins Richmond News writing staff

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The Richmond News welcomes Sophia Bales, a 2022 Missouri Valley College graduate, to its staff as a newsroom reporter. “I was very excited - over the moon (about accepting this position)… When I was younger, I always knew that I wanted to write,” said Bales. Bales will serve as general assignment reporter for the Richmond News and its sister newspaper, The Excelsior Springs Standard.
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TACO JALISCO OPENS

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A SECOND restaurant featuring Mexican cuisine, Taco Jalisco, has opened with food and liquor at 1006 E. Main St. in the former Oink and Moo building across from the Richmond School District’s offices. At front, Jesus Diaz is among the waiters who serve at the counter. The original Taqulia Jalisco restaurant, which has a more comprehensive menu, closed because of a fire and has remained closed longer than expected for repairs, but it is expected to reopen by the end of June. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA
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Richmond remembers friends, family members on Memorial Day

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RICHMOND – Tradition, honor, memories, family, friends… Walt Smith, Lexington, bends and lays red and pink chrysanthemums at a grave to remember a man – a former patient, a friend, a veteran – on Memorial Day at Woodland Cemetery. Before retiring after more than 30 years, Smith worked as a physical therapist and in that role met and assisted Fred Newman.