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Kids and cannabis don’t mix

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Intending to spread child safety awareness with cannabis products, Ray County Coalition (RCC) members and Missouri Poison Control Center (MPCC) community outreach coordinator and guest speaker Amanda Ruback discussed unwanted consequences. She hosted a presentation via Zoom last week with RCC members to raise awareness of the cannabis products, prescriptions or over-the-counter medications on hand.
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Sheriff works on Mental Health Village

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Ray County Sheriff Scott Childers uses a pickaxe to dig into the hard ground around the “mental health village” at Ray County Sheriff’s Department. The village will have three 975-square-foot boxes dedicated to counseling, one outdoor bathroom with plumbing and a debriefing building. “It’s coming along,” said Childers. “The inmates who are assisting are working hard.” Childers said the money to build the village comes from a statemonitored account in which monies spent in the commissary by inmates are deposited. Childers is only allowed to spend monies on projects intended to help inmates. The sheriff said the assistance provided by professionals would not only benefit inmates, but first responders and people of the community as well.

Ray County resident faces felony charge

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Excelsior Springs business owner Melynda Casey, 47, of Polo, Mo., is facing a felony charge of abuse or neglect of a child. According to the probable cause statement written by Ray County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) Detective Celeste Kaiser, Casey stated she had last seen her daughter (MRS) on June 12, just after midnight after arguing with her regarding food being snuck into her room.