March 2020

Newspapers combine during quarantine

6 years ago By Brian Rice Publisher

During the coronavirus pandemic, public and private businesses are taking extreme measures to practice social distancing and following CDC recommendations to minimize health risks.

Your local newspaper is doing the same.

STATES OF EMERGENCY

6 years ago By Jack ‘Miles’ Ventimiglia

LIBERTY – Ray and Clay counties have issued coronavirus-prompted emergency declarations, and the Clay County Health Department announced three confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Jerry Nolte Clay County Presiding Commissioner and Bob King Ray County Presiding Commissioner

George Brown ‘G.B.’ Sams

6 years ago By News Staff

George Brown “G.B.” Sams, 94, of Excelsior Springs, died Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at Excelsior Springs Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, surrounded by his loving family.

Rodney Ralph Thomas

6 years ago By News Staff

Rodney Ralph Thomas, 71, of Kearney, Missouri, passed away at the Northcare Hospice House on March 9, 2020. He battled brain cancer for a number of years and is finally at peace with our Lord.