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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.

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..

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

• SKELTON CHAIRED ARMED SERVICES • BACKED RANK-AND-FILE TROOPS • BOLSTERED MILITARY IN MISSOURI RICHMOND – American Legion Commander Mark Foley got an unpleasant surprise from an unexpected source, he said on Veterans Day, setting off discussions among state policy leaders.

RICHMOND – The idea some in Washington floated – that COVID-19 would disappear after the presidential election – has proved false nationally and in Clay and Ray counties. Including most of the northern part of Kansas City, Clay County in the past week has recorded another 15 deaths.

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, or DHSS, encourages taking activities outdoors during the COVID-19 pandemic, this does not imply that prevention measures should be ignored.