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RICHMOND – Ralph and Sue Cruse, owners of the Nest Egg, 101 N. Thornton St.

WARRENSBURG – The proposed 21st Senatorial District map would make dramatic changes to the present district represented by Denny Hoskins, R-Warrensburg. Changes include that, for the next two years, Hoskins would not live in the district where he serves.

RICHMOND – Sponsored by Belair Farms, a car show is planned for the 2022 Richmond Mushroom Festival. Registration is from 8 a.m.

A DISPLAY of swordplay flourishes as part of the Shakespearean play “Twelfth Night,” as seen during play practice Monday on the stage of the fabulous Farris Theatre. The Richmond High School spring performance, a comedy, is headlined by Victoria Bowman in the role of Viola, a shipwrecked woman who pretends to be her brother while taking a place in the court of Duke Orsino. The pretense provides for comedic confrontations when love blooms in the court, where Viola longs for Orsino, who in turn longs for Lady Olivia; and the long and short of the situation is, Viola must juggle her gender pretense and her feelings. Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26; and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 27, teacher Shari Donaldson says.

KANSAS CITY – Federal Judge Greg Kays might deliver prison time to a mail carrier, Paul O. Robinson, 26, Richmond.

KANSAS CITY – The Missouri Department of Conservation confirmed avian influenza, or bird flu, has been detected in an American white pelican in Clay County. “It was found by a pond by a private citizen, and then it was euthanized and tested,” Missouri Department of Conservation spokesman Bill Graham said March 10.