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COLUMBIA– The State Historical Society of Missouri and the St. Louis Ambassadors seek public participation to develop a bicentennial time capsule containing items that document Missouri’s past, present and future.

KANSAS CITY-NORTH – The Northland Coalition, the tri-county umbrella coalition for 20 local community coalitions, has launched a newly designed, user-friendly website featuring expanded prevention information, resources and partnership contacts, coalition information states.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city will host a stream cleanup from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Oct.

LIBERTY – The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore reported the nation’s death toll from COVID-19 this week topped 200,000, including more than four dozen deaths in the Northland.

LIBERTY – Given the choice between recognizing Kansas City’s zoning authority within city borders or going to court at taxpayers’ expense, the Clay County Commission turned to the county’s lawyers.

JEFFERSON CITY – Although not as dramatic as the name would imply, pavement “blowups” are the summer’s version of potholes. Blowups are created by a combination of moisture, weakening pavement and temperatures consistently reaching 90 degrees or more across the state, the Missouri Department of Transportation stated.

LIBERTY – Liberty Hospital received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. “The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, researchbased guidelines.

EXCLESIOR SPRINGS – What sounds like bad news on the surface is good news for the Hall of Waters, city Economic Development Director Melinda Mehaffy said. The city announced Sept.