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LIBERTY – Seven Democrats and seven Republicans voted unanimously to reform Clay County government, and bipartisan groups are adding their support for the constitution plan that will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Douglas Nespory is a leading user of the da Vinci Xi Surgical System in the Kansas City area and has performed his 900th da Vinci Robotic surgery. Nespory, D.O., FACOS, has been a member of the Excelsior Springs Hospital medical staff for 15 years and became employed as a full-time general surgeon in 2019.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Superintendent Dan Hoehn told the board in closed session Monday he planned to retire Aug. 2.

RICHMOND – The Missouri Highway Patrol completed annual school bus inspections in Ray and Clay counties, requiring repairs before buses are driven. The state requires bus repairs within 10 days of the inspection.

LIBERTY – Liberty Hospital and clinics added providers to expand services in otolaryngology, orthopaedics and pulmonology. EAR, NOSE AND THROAT John Barclay, DO, is accepting new patients at The Ear, Nose & Throat Clinic.

Research into Clay County history reveals white people sold black people on the county courthouse steps in the 1800s, a common occurrence in Southern states. Vivid historical descriptions of slavery talk about requiring people to wear identification tags, about scars from chains and whips, rapes, murders and as many humiliations as soulless people could concoct. Such acts occurred in the city where I once lived – a place called Liberty, ironically.