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RICHMOND – Rep. Peggy McGaugh presented Melissa Perkins with a House resolution during the Ray County Commission meeting Nov.

LIBERTY – The Northland Coalition named Angie Winkler the recipient of their Outstanding Commitment to Prevention Award for 2020.

RICHMOND – Newly elected leaders from the president down often replace staff and Ray County Sheriffelect Scott Childers is doing the same. “I looked at who I thought would be a good fit.

HARDIN – The harvest has ended and the Missouri Department of Transportation has started deck replacement on the Highway J bridge over Crooked River between Hardin and Highway 13. MoDOT had planned to start work in early September, before the corn and soybean harvest.

RICHMOND – The action plan requires assembly-line precision to create, package and distribute Thanksgiving dinners to scores of people at New Beginnings Church.

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri State Board of Education approved an alternative route to obtain a substitute certificate to teach in public schools. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education consulted with education groups to help address the shortage of substitute teachers.

WARRENSBURG – The University of Central Missouri Alumni Foundation announced 1973 alumnus Frank “Chip” Deel made a trust estate gift valued at $15 million to UCM – the largest in school history.

RICHMOND – Having missed four weeks of inschool teaching because of COVID-19, Richmond High School Band members practiced and played together whenever possible, director Jeffrey Clymore said.

RICHMOND – The Ray County Museum received what is estimated to be up to a 150-year-old woman’s outfit – including a dress, cape, two skirts, three bodices and lingerie.

KANSAS CITY – Vaping is linked to a higher risk of COVID-19 among teens and young adults, based on a study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and published online in the Journal of Adolescent Health.