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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.

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.

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.

WASHINGTON – New coronavirus deaths and cases continue across the nation and state.

I am writing this to inform you that I will no longer be able to serve as your primary care physician at Lawson Family Practice. After 34 years in family practice, the biggest part of that in Lawson, I have decided to close my practice due to rising overhead expenses and lower reimbursements from insurance. My last day of see patients will be June 3, 2020. During this time I will continue appointments thru doxyme.com/sidcantrell or by telephone. I will be having surgery soon after that date.

The Excelsior Springs Police Department reported the following incidents handled recently by the department.