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JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri’s low national vaccination ranking and discrepancies between geographic areas and vulnerable populations ranked high among concerns lawmakers raised last week with the state’s vaccination team.

RICHMOND – Love, infidelity, endurance, desperation, hope, aging, exuberance, relationships at all levels… The vivid spectrum of human experience is arrayed in gorgeous detail in Rose Marie Kinder’s collection of shorts, “A Common Person and Other Stories.

COLUMBIA – 2021 marks the 50th anniversary for Oats Transit, a rural public transportation system that serves 87 counties in Missouri and is headquartered in Columbia. What started in 1971 with three vehicles and five drivers serving eight counties has grown to encompass much of the state.

RICHMOND – Online criticism targeted Richmond School District teachers who “jumped the line” by receiving the COVID-19 vaccine before being designated as eligible by the state, but the criticism is based on incomplete information, district Superintendent Greg Darling said.

RICHMOND – By cussing at the elected 911 Dispatch Board, demanding the removal of Director Kim Davis and declaring an overall lack of faith in the board, former Clay County detective Scott Childers, now Ray County’s sheriff, made an impression during his first month in office.

LIBERTY – Northland Coalition prevention volunteers, with Tri-County Mental Health Services support, will host their first-ever virtual prevention conference from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

LAMAR, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension’s Stay Strong, Stay Healthy program for older adults is offered online at 1 p.m.

JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson said he plans to reclaim COVID-19 vaccine distributed to pharmacies, expects lawmakers to go all in on sports betting and would not mind getting a raise.

JEFFERSON CITY – No support from the top for noexcuse absentee voting and full support for photo voter identification are among takeaways from Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s session with media members during Missouri Press Day at the Capitol last week.

JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson said he supports a statewide prescription drug monitoring program to help combat the opioid epidemic.