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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – When Steve Houck began serving on the Board of Education in 2009, the need surfaced for building a new elementary school, he recalled. In 2021, Houck is seeing the 12-year-old vision come to fruition.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Progress on apiary development is being made by KC Kosmic Bees on the old Hotel Castle Rock property, owner Ryan Radecki said. “Exciting news!” KC Kosmic Bees reported July 20.

RICHMOND – Voters slammed the door shut on a plan to replace the Ray County Jail, with a whopping 82.41% saying no Tuesday. Sheriff Scott Childers thanked voters and warned that jail problems remain unresolved.

RICHMOND – “It’s a money pit.” Western Commissioner Gary Wilhite described the Ray County Jail by referencing a 1986 comedy film about a couple pouring money into a “fixerupper” that never seems to get fixed. Eastern Commissioner Dave Powell said work is ongoing to make the most out of the shed-like jail.

RICHMOND – A voice of the opposition to a proposed quarter-cent tax to replace the Ray County Jail, Jim Pierce, said he would have preferred putting off the Tuesday, Aug. 3, vote to allow more time for research.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This post, dated Tuesday, July 27, is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Contributors are Athalia Christie, MIA1; John T. Brooks, MD1; Lauri A. Hicks, DO1; Erin K. Sauber-Schatz, PhD1; Jonathan S. Yoder, MSW, MPH1; Margaret A. Honein, PhD1; and the CDC CO- VID-19 Response Team.

HIGGINSVILLE – Senate support remains iffy for an eight-year, $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan, but the plan is advancing, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II said during a visit to Higginsville.

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Supreme Court overruled Gov. Mike Parson and the majority of Republicans in the General Assembly who agreed to thwart the will of Missouri voters by refusing to fund Medicare expansion.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city is tweaking the water system. On July 19, the City Council approved Blue Springs-based Core & Main’s $18,990 bid to switch out two 10-inch meters at the water treatment plant.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Property owners in the city’s Elms Historic District might find making renovations easier financially. On July 19, the City Council approved making the area part of the city’s 353 tax abatement district via an amended ordinance.