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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, or DHSS, reported 84,597,200 meals have been served through the Bureau Community Food and Nutrition Services, or CFNA, during the COVID-19 Response.

ST. LOUIS – Three years after Missourians agreed to change the Constitution to allow the use and sale of medical cannabis, a new campaign aims to give voters the opportunity to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use in 2022.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Mid-Continent Public Library’s biannual Food for Fines program is back. Food for Fines will run from Oct.

KANSAS CITY – The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration increased the range of civil penalties that may be imposed on individuals who violate the federal mask mandate for transportation.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The City Council moved toward updating building codes. The council approved the initial reading of an ordinance to accept four inter national codes – electrical, gas, mechanical and plumbing.

RICHMOND – Medicaid expansion began last week in Missouri. Healthcare for Missouri led the statewide campaign that resulted in voters passing Amendment 2 to force expansion.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The City Council set the tax levy Sept. 27.

WASHINGTON – The Oct. 3-9 Fire Prevention Week campaign “Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety!” is designed to educate everyone about the different sounds that smoke and carbon monoxide alarms make, based on National Fire Protection Association information.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Kansas City Cannabis held a grand opening Sept. 25 at 149 Crown Hill Road in the Crown Hill Shopping Center, next to VaporWyse.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – As the Oktoberfest crowd watches from along the sidewalks of downtown Excelsior Springs the afternoon of Sept. 25, the annual bed races get underway.