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Body 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.

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

Body WARRENSBURG – Students are helping frontline health care providers battle the coronavirus, COVID-19, state Sen. Denny Hoskins said.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Americans of all ages are experiencing increased social isolation and loneliness in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Body RICHMOND – Long before the world became aware of the novel coronavirus that has most people in the United States staying home, the pork industry watched with concern as a different virus decimated the pig population in China.

Body RICHMOND – The sun is barely up when John Johnson, Lexington, climbs out of bed and makes the drive across the Missouri River to Ray County.

Body EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs Chamber of Commerce offers aid to businesses “affected and greatly diminished by the COVID-19 pandemic though a grant program,” chamber President Elaina Lamley said.

Body LIBERTY – The Clay County Sheriff’s Office identified the inmate pronounced dead at an area hospital – after suffering a medical emergency in the Clay County Detention Center on Friday – as Charles Aaron Holtsclaw, 36, Kansas City.

Body BALTIMORE - The Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University updated pandemic information regarding social distancing Wednesday.

Body JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services encourages people who are fully recovered from COVID-19 to make an unpaid, voluntary donation of plasma.