May 2020

RICHMOND – Possibly high on methamphetamine and alleging Mexicans and fake police planned to kill her, Natalia Amberelle Mays, 32, reportedly peeped into one house and ran inside two other occupied houses about 9:10 p.m. Sunday.

Time to dream again.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS senior Ryan Nedblake has signed a letter of intent to continue his education and baseball career at Ivy Tech Community College in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Nedblake plans to major in welding.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Golf Course recently welcomed a new club manager with the hiring of Kyle Hurst.

MILAN – Smithfield Foods, one of the biggest meat producers in the country, is operating its plant in Milan “in a manner that contributes” to the spread of the coronavirus, a federal lawsuit filed in Kansas City alleges.

LIBERTY – Cities are cooperating with the county to receive $29 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act funding, Clay County Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte said.

JEFFERSON CITY – State revenue plummeted in April.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – While 1 in 5 people will experience a mental illness during their lifetime, everyone faces challenges in life that can impact their mental health, based on information provided by Excelsior Springs Hospital’s Senior Life Solutions program.

KANSAS CITY – Across the Kansas City region, cities and counties are relaxing stay-home orders.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, chairman, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, reports Missouri will receive another $135 million through the Department of Health and Human Services to expand coronavirus testing capabilities.