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RICHMOND teachers are part of a Missouri State Teachers Association delegation that meets with state Sen. Denny Hoskins. The group visits the Capitol to discuss education priorities. From left are Dana Cravens, Richmond; Amy Givens, Malta Bend; Julie Gass, Marshall; Angela Guest, Malta Bend; Hoskins; Tonya Johnson, Marshall; Tonja Boggs, Slater; Michelle Krog, Slater; Mindi Crook, Richmond; and Tara Fugate, Richmond.

RICHMOND – Richmond School District students are receiving math intervention instruction, based on funds provided through the American CARE Act. Selected students at Dear Elementary School participate in this program three days a week for 24 minutes a day.

Gov. Mike Parson announced an end to the crisis in Missouri.

Four candidates competed for two Richmond School Board seats in Tuesday’s elections, with Karmen Dooley the clear winner for one seat, but two candidates tying for the second seat. “I’ll call the people in and see what they want to do,” the county’s chief election official, Clerk Glenda Powell, said Wednesday.

Nearly three out of every four Richmond voters agreed to renew the water tax to pay for issues including water line breaks. YES: 261 votes / 73.11% NO: 96 votes / 26.89% Two candidates sought one 911, at-large, board seat, with voters choosing Paul Harris as the winner.

RICHMOND – Dozens of people grazed at snack tables or looked through albums showing historical photographs and documents at the First Baptist Church of Richmond. “There’s your mother,” Janis Lanning said as she and Paul Patterson focused on a black-and-white photo in an album at a table marked “1957.” People gathered to mark the church’s 180th anniversary of community ministry and the completion of improvements that joined church buildings and added an elevator, Pastor William Isaacson said Saturday at the church.

FRIDAY marks the opening of The Fancy Donut, 101 W. Main St., across from the Ray County Courthouse. Melissa Heil’s shop offers variety, with pastries, cookies, kolaches, hot food and salad among the menu items. J.C. VENTIMIGLIA

DEANNA LYDAY’S Dear Elementary School first-graders read the book “Flat Stanley, His Original Adventure” by Jeff Brown. His supportive parents mail Stanley, flattened by a bulletin board, to visit family in another state. “After enjoying the book, we each made our own Flat Stanley and mailed him to family and friends around the United States,” Lyday states. “We have received many responses, both local and from as far away as Texas, Florida, California and South Carolina. It was fun to see pictures and read about the places Flat Stanley has visited.”