Hall of Famous Missourians includes first female clerk
JEFFERSON CITY – A bronze bust of America’s and Missouri’s first female county clerk, Annie White Baxter, is finally in the Hall of Famous Missourians. Rep.
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COVID-19 NUMBERS GROW
WEEK AGO, Missouri topped 100,000 COVID-19 cases; and this week, the nation surpassed 200,000 deaths, based on records kept by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore.
Missouri bicentennial group creating time capsule
COLUMBIA– The State Historical Society of Missouri and the St. Louis Ambassadors seek public participation to develop a bicentennial time capsule containing items that document Missouri’s past, present and future.
Coalition launches redesigned website
KANSAS CITY-NORTH – The Northland Coalition, the tri-county umbrella coalition for 20 local community coalitions, has launched a newly designed, user-friendly website featuring expanded prevention information, resources and partnership contacts, coalition information states.
Food for distribution diminishes, demand remains strong
RICHMOND – Vehicles line up hours early and stretch out several blocks deep along North Shaw Street to wait on free food day in front of the Salvation Army Family Store and Donation Center. There will be food for all, but demand exceeds supply, store director Phillip Powers said.
Parson, wife positive for COVID-19
JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Mike Parson, often seen in public without wearing a mask, and who has refused to issue a statewide mask mandate, has tested positive for COVID-19.
Researchers seek safe ways to boost farm production
AMES, Iowa – At the edge of a corn field on a clear but windy June day, microbiologist Tom Moorman lifts a metal lid and reveals a collection of bottles, tubes, meters and cables in a shallow pit. The system is designed to capture runoff from 24 plots.
Workshop focuses on helping elderly address chronic disease
JEFFERSON CITY – The Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions and Living a Health Life with Diabetes workshop series is designed to assist participants in maintaining quality of life, University of Missouri Extension information states.
Annual street maintenance projects completed
RICHMOND – Richmond’s infrastructure includes about 42 miles of city streets that the city maintains, with this year’s summer work completed. Streets are maintained regularly to ensure a viable transportation system for residents, businesses and visitors, city information states.
City offers sidewalk improvement grants
RICHMOND – The city helps to address the need to build or repair sidewalks with a 50/50 grant for property owners. “Giving residents an incentive to make improvements to the sidewalks on their property not only benefits them, but also benefits all residents and visitors,” city information states.