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RICHMOND – About twice as many people this year versus last received help through the Ray County Shop With a Sheriff program, organizer Melissa Perkins says while signing in families at Walmart. “This year, we have a total of 20 families with 44 kids to help out this year,” she says.

OMAHA, Nebraska – Kent McGuire, safety and health coordinator at The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Science, said falls are often caused by slips or trips.

RICHMOND – For those who have lived through – • The Cold War, while learning to hide under classroom desks as protection against atomic bombs; • The Civil Rights Movement with protests, beatings and murders, and the assassinations of John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

RICHMOND – Area nursing homes recorded dozens of COVID-19 cases and several deaths, based on ProPublica reporting. “This is data the nursing home itself is reporting to the federal government,” ProPublica Deputy Managing Editor Charles Ornstein stated Monday by email.

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations reminds the public the state’s minimum wage rate will rise to $10.30 per hour, effective Friday. Pursuant to Proposition B – which a majority of Missouri voters approved Nov.

An open letter: A year ago at this time, we were getting ready to celebrate Christmas with no idea what COVID-19 was or what was ahead of us in 2020. The year of 2020 has been a year like no other for us all as individuals, family members and community members.

While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

RICHMOND – Ray County Eastern Commissioner Allen Dale received a House resolution of recognition, upon his pending retirement, from state Rep. Peggy McGaugh during the commission’s Dec. 18 meeting.

RICHMOND – Voting age Ray Countians may engage with the University of Missouri Extension Council in Ray County at the Thomas Eagleton Civic Center, 1015 W. Royle St., Richmond.

RICHMOND – Ray County commissioners plan to evaluate and answer requests from community businesses for federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act funding received by the county.