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RICHMOND – Sheriff Scott Childers and Ray County commissioners agree at least some inmates must be housed elsewhere while the county grapples with structural deficiencies and potential health issues at the Ray County Jail.

RICHMOND – The number of Ray County COVID-19 cases and the death toll continue to mount. The number of cases reported Aug.

RICHMOND – Ray County Commissioner/Richmond City Councilman Dave Powell resigned his council seat Tuesday. Powell said he received legal assurance he could hold both seats, but would have to recuse himself on issues regarding the city and county to avoid conflicts of interest.

RICHMOND – Henrietta area leaders discussed repairing the old Missouri Highway 13 bridge or installing a crossing with the Ray County Commission on July 26.

RICHMOND – From the poor ogre’s point of view, puppet show guests heard “The Ogre’s Tail,” a retelling of the story of “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” July 31 at Maurice Roberts Park. At the invitation of the Ray County Public Library, Stone Lion Puppet Theatre’s Taylor Gass presented the show.

AMONG THE ACTIVITIES for Hardin’s 150th anniversary celebration is a bounce house, which gets a workout from Jensen Finley, 8. THE FFA BREAKFAST at Hardin-Central High School includes a variety of fruit provided by agriculture instructor Joe Robinson.

RICHMOND – Voters slammed the door shut on a plan to replace the Ray County Jail, with a whopping 82.41% saying no Tuesday. Sheriff Scott Childers thanked voters and warned that jail problems remain unresolved.

RICHMOND – “It’s a money pit.” Western Commissioner Gary Wilhite described the Ray County Jail by referencing a 1986 comedy film about a couple pouring money into a “fixerupper” that never seems to get fixed.

RICHMOND – A voice of the opposition to a proposed quarter-cent tax to replace the Ray County Jail, Jim Pierce, said he would have preferred putting off the Tuesday, Aug. 3, vote to allow more time for research.