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OKLAHOMA CITY – With workplaces and schools online to prevent the spread of COVID-19, many people are relying on a strong internet connection. But in some states, less than 50% of rural households have access to broadband, data from the Federal Communications Commission shows.

RICHMOND – Having received requests from schools and other government groups for federal aid, the Ray County Commission expects them to ask for more money, and businesses might seek a share, too. The federal government provided the commission with $2.

RICHMOND – The election ended days early for those Ray Countians who cast ballots before the traditional Election Day on Tuesday. Jennifer Siebert joined the throng of early voters.

LIBERTY – After six decades of effort, Clay Countians gained a new form of government by a number that overwhelmed even Constitution Commission Co-Chairman Greg Canuteson. “It’s a blowout,” Canuteson said Tuesday.

ON ELECTION night at the Ray County Courthouse in Richmond, after learning he has won the election for Ray County sheriff, Scott Childers lifts his son, Grady Childers, who gives a thumbs up.

RICHMOND – Children in vehicles lined up from the City Hall complex back to the Ray County Courthouse to take part on Halloween at this year’s literal Trick or Treat Street drive-through event.

An “ahhh-inspiring” Halloween haunted house greeted trick-or-treaters on Halloween at the Wilson residence. “There are seven scenes,” Derrick Wilson said while standing on the stairway leading to those seven hells at 408 S.

RICHMOND – There’s a new sheriff in town, as Scott Childers defeated Ray County Sheriff Garry Bush as part of a red tide that swept all state and county races. Childers, a Republican, said Tuesday that after he takes a trip with his family, he plans to focus on his new job.