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Body RICHMOND – Suspended from a cable attached to a crane parked beside the grain elevator on Old Highway 10, a wrecking ball swings out, brightened by sunlight against the blue sky.

Body RICHMOND – A structural review supported what the 911 Board had already concluded – the present building at 102 W. North Main St. in downtown Richmond fails to meet present needs and modifications cannot solve all the problems.

Body JEFFERSON CITY – During the Missouri Soybean Association annual meeting in Jefferson City, farmerleaders stepped up to serve Missouri’s soybean growers, association information states. Ray Countian Ronnie Russell represents District 1, along with Andrew Lance and C.

Body JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Agriculture is accepting proposals through March 8 for anticipated funding from the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.

Body HAVING OPERATED for at least 100 years, a Missouri Century Farm is recognized in Ray County. Jim Proffitt from the Missouri Farm Bureau makes the Century Farm recognition presentation to Sandra Graham Ferguson outside the Eagleton Center in Richmond. BRIAN RICE

Body COLUMBIA – Those with a family farm since Dec. 31, 1922, may apply for Missouri Century Farm recognition.

Body RICHMOND – Three Excelsior Springs leaders asked and received Ray County Commission support for a Fishing River study to prevent floods that have struck the city several times since 1951, including June 25, 2021.

Body RICHMOND – Talk continues but solutions remain elusive regarding safe rail crossings at and near Henrietta.

Body RICHMOND – Ray County Presiding Commissioner Bob King agreed to appoint two people to the Law Enforcement Restitution Committee. King named Julie Nelson and Rachelle Berry to the committee.