Extension wants members
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RICHMOND – Voting age Ray Countians may engage with the University of Missouri Extension Council in Ray County at the Thomas Eagleton Civic Center, 1015 W. Royle St., Richmond.
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Aid available to small businesses
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RICHMOND – Ray County commissioners plan to evaluate and answer requests from community businesses for federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act funding received by the county.
Court rules for flood victims, against Corps
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt lauded a ruling by the U.S Court of Federal Claims ordering the federal government to compensate property owners along the Missouri River who sustained flood damage due to mismanagement by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Boutique to open Dec. 11 on square
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RICHMOND – Just in time for Christmas, Peyton Bowman plans to open Leo and Kay Boutique, 103 W. Main St., across from the Ray County Courthouse.
COVID-19 BY THE NUMBERS
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SOURCES: State, Ray and Clay health departments, Johns Hopkins University J.C. VENTIMIGLIA | Staff THE DEATH and case totals listed for this week include not just deaths over the past seven days, but an accumulation of all deaths since the virus started in each venue..
Virus cases continue moving up in Ray, Clay counties
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RICHMOND – Area COVID-19 cases continued to rise this week versus last: up 29% in Clay County and up 8% in Ray County. Numbers reported for the Richmond School District showed six members and 14 students had tested positive for COVID-19.
State finds issues in collector’s office, but overall ‘good’
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JEFFERSON CITY – A state audit found problems – an unpaid invoice for tens of thousands of dollars, missing contracts and possibly unnecessary spending – but gave an overall “good” rating to Clay County Collector Lydia McEvoy’s office.
Sheriff plans more patrols, investigations
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RICHMOND – Ray County Sheriffelect Scott Childers plans staff changes to increase public safety. “I feel very good about the people I’ve brought in and also the people I’ve retained,” he said.
Nation’s tallest nutcracker in Ray County
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KNOXVILLE – The composer, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, would have admired a site along Missouri Highway 13 that is worthy of his fictional character, Uncle Drosselmeyer. In Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker,” Drosselmeyer gives a nutcracker to his niece, Clara.
Libraries’ patrons can hear, interact with, Dickens’ great-great-grandson
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The greatgreat-grandson of Charles Dickens, Gerald Dickens, will continue to interact with and act for patrons of the Mid-Continent and Ray County library systems for free this month.