RICHMOND – This is the third in a fourpart, issue-by-issue review of 2020...

THIRD QUARTER

JULY

July 3

• U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt says the public wants and needs more COVID-19 testing.

July 10

• The Elms hosts Fourth of July fireworks for the community.

• Residents support the Roosevelt School redevelopment plan.

July 17

• Excelsior Springs and Ray County school district leaders meet to talk about the Ray County Commission’s distribution plan for COVID-19 funding provided under the federal CARES Act.

• The Excelsior Springs School District buys iPads to help students with distance learning as the new school year approaches.

July 24

• The Excelsior Springs School District makes plans to address COVID-19 when the new school year starts.

• Gov. Mike Parson draws national condemnation by saying: “These kids gotta get back to school. They’re at the lowest risk possible and if they do get COVID-19 – which they will, and they will when they go to school – they’re not going to the hospitals, they’re not going t…