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Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Social distancing rules that closed many of the city’s businesses also squeezed the faucet on city revenue, leading City Manager Molly McGovern to reduce the flow of city spending.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Consulting the Excelsior Springs Area News and Events, and the Daily Deals Facebook group, revealed stories about COVID-19’s impact on area residents.

Body RICHMOND – Earth Day came and went Monday with little notice, which is understandable, given that the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, insists upon itself, being so overbearing on the human experience that little else manages to enter the spotlight.

Body KANSAS CITY – Biologists for the Missouri Department of Conservation, or MDC, completed a fish habitat project at Truman Lake.

Body JEFFERSON CITY – People angry about being furloughed from jobs and having their businesses closed are denouncing Gov. Mike Parson for following the social distancing strategy urged by medical professionals.

Body JEFFERSON CITY – Being frustrated and wanting Missouri to reopen is understandable, but not reason enough to do so, Missouri Nurses Association Director Heidi Lucas, Jefferson City, said Wednesday.

Body ARLINGTON, Virginia – While larger urban areas may be seeing the number of coronavirus cases slow, cases in rural areas are just beginning, two experts said during a briefing from the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Tuesday.

Body JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations’ Division of Employment Security began issuing the $600 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments last week, with $66 million in benefits paid out to over 115,000 claimants.

Body JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Parson said he would like to reopen businesses in Missouri starting May 4, one day after his stay-home order is scheduled to end.

Body LIBERTY – Clay County’s stay-home order ends at noon Sunday, May 3.