Sheriff candidate talks about law enforcement matters
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RICHMOND – Republican Scott Childers campaigned for sheriff Aug. 29 at Maurice Roberts Park.
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Spartans must self-isolate
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RICHMOND – The Spartans beat the Mules, 44-6, last week, but now the question is whether Richmond can beat the Lathrop team’s brush with COVID-19.
A football coach has the virus and “some players are showing symptoms,” Lathrop District Superintendent Chris Fine stated. As a result, everyone on both teams are required to self-quarantine, meaning they cannot attend school and cannot play football again until they are cleared.
Galloway answers campaign questions about handling COVID-19, rural issues
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RICHMOND – Questions about the campaign for governor and how she plans to appeal to rural voters drew responses to this newspaper from the Democratic candidate, Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway.
Driver loses ‘demolition derby’ to police
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CRYSTAL LAKES – After allegedly stealing a vehicle and playing “demolition derby” with two Excelsior Springs Police Department vehicles, being knocked off the highway and overturning, and then trying to escape on foot, twice, Bobbie Marie Bauman, 37, Excelsior Springs, is in the Ray County Jail.
UNDER ARREST
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■ AID FOR MARSHALS ■ ARREST IN HARDIN ■ SEVERAL OFFENSES HARDIN – The Ray County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the arrest of a murder suspect in Hardin. Sheriff Garry Bush said Aug.
‘Ray’ distinct name among U.S. counties
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RICHMOND – No county in Missouri or the nation has a shorter name than Ray. There are many counties with four-letter names, including neighboring Clay, and a few others have three-letter names; but out of 3,141 counties and county equivalents, none has a one- or two-letter name.
Sheriff’s Office assists in arrest after homicide
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HARDIN – The Ray County Sheriff’s Office assisted area law enforcers in the arrest of a murder suspect in Hardin.
Sheriff Garry Bush said Aug. 21 that area law enforcers alerted his office that the suspect, Thorne McKendrick, 19, Kansas City, could be in southeastern Ray County. Bush’s staff began to search for McKendrick.
H-C superintendent discusses reopening schools
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HARDIN – The restart and reopening of this particular school year, fall 2020, brings many questions, concerns and anxiety far beyond a typical new school year for all stakeholders. But we can still have the same excitement of beginning a new school year as every other year.
Richmond business owner focuses on supervised visitation services
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RICHMOND – Kim Ghisalberti said she hopes her new business will help make supervised custody visits less painful for parents and their children, and maybe reduce travel time. Ghisalberti plans to open On Neutral Ground, a supervised visitation service on North College Street in Richmond, in early September.
Clay-Platte works to upgrade service
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KEARNEY – On average, 75% of Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative members experience less than one hour of outage time per year. “This high mark for reliable service reflects decades of planning and investment related to PCEC’s electrical system,” company information states.