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Out of hundreds of students across the U.S., an Orrick High School student, Cash Honeycutt was invited to attend the National Future Farmers of America (FFA) – Next Gen Conference in Texas.

Ray County Coroner Bartley J. Willim has assumed the position of county sheriff after Scott Childers was placed on administrative leave by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey “ via petition of quo warranto.

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Truman Heartland Community Foundation (THCF) invites students from Carroll and Ray counties to apply for the Mary K. Axtell Trust Scholarship for the 2024-2025 school year. The due date for applications is April 1. The application can be found at www.thcf.

District 7 State Representative Peggy McGaugh discussed a comprehensive environmental protection bill, recently passed by the Missouri House, which will safeguard state water resources in her capitol report.

Bulletproof vests are crucial to any patrolling law enforcement. Amid the use of rifles in most shooting- related incidents, rifle- rated vests are the talk of law enforcement gear.

After over two weeks of waiting for the Ray County Prosecutor’s Office to file charges against a Richmond man who shot someone, left the scene of the crime and was pursued by police for two days before being apprehended, Richmond Police Chief Scott Bagley is still waiting.

After recently celebrating 50 years of marriage, Ray County natives Robert (Bob) and Janet Duncan have decided to retire from their Town Square Mercantile business. The couple had a similar business before opening the downtown Richmond location in 2016.

The only time that one can safely look at the Sun, without eye protection, is during a total eclipse of the Sun, and then only when the Moon completely blocks the Sun, called totality. Totality lasts only a few moments to a few minutes.

OAK GROVE – When Richmond and Oak Grove faced off in varsity boys basketball during the regular season, they took each other to overtime. Not so in the postseason.