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RICHMOND – Poverty is decreasing in area school districts, based on Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates published by the U.S. Census Bureau.

RICHMOND – Hundreds of people lined downtown’s streets for the Shirkey Golf Course Christmas Parade.

RICHMOND – For about three weeks, Richmond High School worked on a general aid fund to help community families struggling during the holiday season with anything from the lights being turned off to other financial hardships, Student Council sponsor Michaela Lamb reported.

RICHMOND – The Rock Wall at Richmond Middle School has been a favorite activity of P.E. classes since 2005, based on school information.

JEFFERSON CITY – Under legislation filed by state Sen. Denny Hoskins, R- Warrensburg, illegal gaming devices now in use in businesses and clubs would be replaced with regulated and transparent video lottery terminals, VLTs, overseen by the Missouri Lottery Commission.

RICHMOND – Former Richmond School District Superintendent Mike Aytes said his employment discrimination suit is advancing slowly, as expected. Circuit Judge Kevin Walden set a July 18 trial date.

RICHMOND – The labor shortage affecting businesses nationwide brought an abrupt end to recycling provided by Republic Services, Richmond City Council members learned during a Nov. 23 meeting.

JEFFERSON CITY – “At least” $4,348 collected in cash by former City Clerk Marla Berndt as sewer bill payments is unaccounted for in Homestead Village, a Ray County town of roughly 185 people near Excelsior Springs.

LAWSON – World War II veteran Lindell Jarman, Lawson, celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by family on Thanksgiving. Having spent three years in college, Jarman, then 21, volunteered for service July 30, 1942, in Kansas City, Kansas, based on National Archives information.