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Body RICHMOND – Sheriff Scott Childers and Ray County commissioners agree at least some inmates must be housed elsewhere while the county grapples with structural deficiencies and potential health issues at the Ray County Jail.

Body SHAWN RONEY Staff writer EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Hall of Waters refurbishing plans must change, City Manager Molly McGovern advised city leaders near the end of the City Council’s Aug. 2 meeting.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Luna Valley Park will get bigger. On Aug.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Municipal court is no longer collecting money for the Missouri Sheriffs’ Retirement System via surcharges. On Aug.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The landscape of a shallow oxbow lake about 8 miles south of Excelsior Springs has inspired the work of area artists and photographers in recent years. “They may have been unaware of its significance in the earliest days of Clay County.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.

Body 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.