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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Like many other small businesses in the area, Shapes Dance and Acro Studio’s doors closed to observe social distancing due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

JEFFERSON CITY – Federal policymakers have provided a substantial amount of fiscal relief to state and local governments to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, but Missouri and other states need much more to avoid spending cuts that would harm families, destabilize communities and deepen the recession, based on a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Our will, along with the millions of small businesses we serve, is being tested by the devastating impact of the coronavirus, COVID-19. I want to assure you, we are working every day to make sure help is on the way.

LIBERTY – Emergency management leaders from Clay and Ray counties said they received and distributed faulty safety masks to first responders.

CAMDEN – A train-versus-car wreck left a woman dead and a man seriously injured.

RICHMOND – Anyone with a high school diploma, or a diploma from the school of hard knocks, could read the writing on the wall.

GROCERY STORES remain open as most of America is shut down. But going to the grocery store should not be used as a pleasure trip. Social distancing still applies – perhaps more so, because everyone needs to eat and that brings crowds to stores. Since the coronavirus is most commonly transferred through other people, the CDC advises the public to plan trips at a time when stores are least crowded.

WARRENSBURG – Whether in Excelsior Springs, Missouri; or Excelsior, Minnesota ...