January 2021

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.

Ethel Lucinda Martin, 75, of Excelsior Springs, passed away on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, at her residence.

On Dec. 16, 2020, Stephany Ann Brown Hughes, Ph.D., passed away at her home in Excelsior Springs from complications related to Parkinson’s.

Lorraine Becker, 91, of Kansas City, formerly of Liberty and Excelsior Springs, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020.

(Editor’s note: The following is written information provided by Kathy Travis, a Shop With A Cop participant.) Turn on the news, listen to the radio, or open up social media and you’ll know that it’s a hard time to be a first responder, but that’s not stopping our local first responders from doing so many incredible things for this incredible community. Nurses are going the extra mile for their patients to make sure that every person gets quality medical care in the middle of a pandemic.

This is a time to give thanks. • Thanks that 2020 is over.

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. These falls can be especially dangerous for older people, resulting frequently in breaks, including to hips.

For two weeks, I felt like small-town sports journalism’s version of Brian Wilson. Wilson, if you are unaware, has written and produced gorgeous pop music for roughly 60 years. Arguably, his best work has been with The Beach Boys, one of my favorite groups. As someone who pursues music as a side hustle, I have found his work inspirational.