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RICHMOND – The most famous and infamous characters in the multiuniverse gathered for the Richmond Mushroom Festival under 13-year-old Aidan Leroy’s Brick By Brick awning. Grogu in his high-tech stroller.

After striving to attain this goal over the past 10 years, the state of Missouri has now succeeded in becoming the state that is at the very bottom in funding for higher education. No, it is not Mississippi, Arkansas or Alabama – it is Missouri!

JEFFERSON CITY – Instead of an open primary where voters are free to decide whether to choose a Republican or Democratic party ballot, some Missouri House members want a closed primary. “There is momentum building,” Rep.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – City leaders have chosen an architect to assist efforts to preserve the Hall of Waters. Strata ranked among three companies that bid on the project, Economic Development Director Melinda Mehaffy stated in an April memo to city leaders.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Music was in the air May 1 for Gatsby Day, the Excelsior Springs Cultural Guild’s annual festival to raise scholarship funds. During the afternoon, musical acts performed on Broadway and Thompson.

JEFFERSON CITY – Having earlier passed the state Senate on a bipartisan vote, a bill to require out-of-state retailers to pay sales tax on online purchases passed the House Ways and Means Committee last week.

JEFFERSON CITY – At the end of this year’s first quarter, teen fatalities in Missouri climbed 63% over this time last year. In the last three years, 24 fatal crashes and 101 serious injury crashes involved an alcohol-impaired driver under the age of 21.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Hickory Stick Golf Tournament is back. On May 1, the Excelsior Springs Cultural Guild staged the competition at Excelsior Springs Golf Course as part of Gatsby Days, the Cultural Guild’s annual spring scholarship fundraising event.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Former City Councilman Brad Eales and his wife, Brenda, finalized an agreement with the city for property at 120 E. Broadway Ave.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 2020 presidential election had the highest voter turnout of the 21st century, with 66.8% of people 18 years and older casting ballots, details released April 29 by the U.S. Census Bureau revealed.