Blunt urges Trump’s DHH director to give aid to rural health providers
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Food service employees essential during crisis
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Missourians are flooding into their local grocery stores to stockpile cleaning supplies food and, of course, toilet paper. They pile into these stores because they are worried. They pile in because they want to protect their families, and because they want to feel safe.
District teachers create brighter day in time of darkness
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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Once upon a time, when a person referred to as “The Boss” wore an electric guitar rather than a suit and tie, and a young man did not use his single glove as an oven mitt, the world’s No. 1 musical artists gathered to shine light in the darkness.
Lawson woman contracts virus
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LAWSON – A 72-year-old Lawson woman is the first person confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus, COVID-19, in Ray County.
SOCIAL DISTANCING
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NEW YORK – In 1918, Philadelphia threw a parade that killed thousands of people.
Ignoring warnings of influenza among soldiers preparing for World War I, the march to support the war effort drew 200,000 people, who crammed together to watch the procession.
No-excuse voting possible
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RICHMOND – Tuesday’s municipal elections will not happen – being put off for two months – but perhaps could have happened on the original date if lawmakers had passed Rep. Peggy McGaugh’s “noexcuse” absentee voting measure.
National Guard deploys to fight spread of virus
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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri National Guard has been mobilized where needed to assist communities in this state that are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
“I want to be perfectly clear: This is not about putting Missouri under martial law.
Newspapers combine during quarantine
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During the coronavirus pandemic, public and private businesses are taking extreme measures to practice social distancing and following CDC recommendations to minimize health risks.
Your local newspaper is doing the same.
STATES OF EMERGENCY
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LIBERTY – Ray and Clay counties have issued coronavirus-prompted emergency declarations, and the Clay County Health Department announced three confirmed cases of COVID-19.
RIDGEWAY BOWS OUT
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LIBERTY – Embattled Clay County Eastern Commissioner Luann Ridgeway, 63, announced Friday that she will not seek reelection.
The decision could herald a change in the county’s direction.
