SHEER DELIGHT
RICHMOND – The Wollard girls – Amanda, 12; and Nevaeh, 11 – know their animals. Amanda explains how to raise goats.
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Census shows decennial declines, growth
• If the numbers are accurate, then Excelsior Springs’ population fell quickly and dramatically, but there are reasons for doubt; • Richmond’s population cleared the 6,000 hurdle; • Clay County gained more people in the past decade than the entire population of neighboring Ray County; and • Ray...
Virus deaths, cases continue to mount; schools set to open
RICHMOND – As COVID-19 deaths and cases continue to rise in Ray County, the Richmond School District prepares to open next week for the fall semester.
Court makes state pay for voter-approved Medicaid expansion
JEFFERSON CITY – After Missouri’s GOP-dominated General Assembly and Gov. Mike Parson refused to honor voter-approved Medicaid expansion, court rulings required funding; and now, the Missouri Department of Social Services will comply.
Clay among counties that could be asked to take Ray inmates
RICHMOND – A review of numbers suggests moving some inmates from Ray to other counties, and using ankle monitors for other inmates, could occur. But not cheaply – think roughly $1 million per year.
Rotary plants 19 trees at new downtown park ‘
RICHMOND – The Richmond Rotary Club and the city united to plant 19 trees July 19 at the Pavilion Square. The Pavilion Square is a developing park in downtown Richmond on the formerly vacant lot at the corner of East North Main and North Thornton streets.
Plans to redraw House, Senate maps underway
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri is set for redistricting – lines being redrawn for U.S. House and Missouri House and Senate seats.
Plucky poultry judge combs through county’s best birds
RICHMOND – Roosters crow loudly, seemingly already in competition, unaware crowing is not a criterion as Jasmine Gates, this year’s Ray County Fair poultry judge, arrives.
Orrick Christian Church offers support to veterans
ORRICK – To celebrate Independence Day and to express gratitude to veterans, representatives from the Orrick Christian Church dropped by the Veterans Community Project Outreach Center in Kansas City to deliver more than 150 items and more than $1,600 in donations.
Senior center remains closed
RICHMOND – Senior Center Director Pat Mills said she does not know when the center will be ready physically to reopen and, when ready, when people can enter. Reopening depends on the completion of renovations, and entry depends on the COVID-19 Delta variant.
