The Cass County Sheriff’s Office was busy last week with more-than-usual activity in the area, including one officer-involved shooting and three police pursuits. To read full story PLEASE buy the June 18 edition of the Raymore Journal.

Raymore’s 2020 Spirit of America Celebration will not be held on the originally scheduled July 2 date. Rather than cancelling the event, members of the Park Board, City Council and staff have made the decision to move the celebration to Friday, Sept. 11 to celebrate Patriot Day. To read this full story PLEASE buy the June 18 edition of the Raymore Journal.

Paul Coffman, Ruth Johnson, and Kim York were sworn into office during a Board reorganization meeting on June 11. All three were re-elected to 3-year terms. Board Secretary Pam Steele administered the oath of office after the Board certified the results of the June 2 election.

The state of Missouri officially entered Phase 2 of its “Show Me Strong Recovery” plan On Tuesday, June 16, effectively all statewide COVID-19-related restrictions. However, Missourians should not take this as a sign that the pandemic is over. To read full story PLEASE buy the June 18, 2020 issue of the Raymore Journal.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Grandview Christian High School was forced to postpone its 2020 graduation ceremonies, as most schools across the country were forced to do. Those ceremonies, however, have been rescheduled to take place on June 20. This year there will be 14 graduates at Grandview, their pictures are above. The graduation ceremony is scheduled to be hosted outside, but if weather is not acceptable, the ceremony will be moved inside. To see photos of all the Grandview Christian graduates PLEASE buy the June 11 edition of the Raymore Journal. ??????????????????????????????...

The physicians of Consultants in Gastroenterology, PC, began providing services at Cass Regional Medical Center on June 16. To read full story PLEASE buy the June 11 edition of the Raymore Journal.

Harrisonville High School senior Carson Crowley has been selected as an “Honorable Mention” student in the 2020 Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program that honors 100 of Missouri’s top academic students in the graduating class of 2020.

Just as the nation was beginning to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, protests broke out across the country in response to recent killings of black men that protesters and millions of Americans deem unjustifiable. Locally, protests turned violent at times in Kansas City. Meanwhile, Raymore officials staged and expressed peaceful solidarity towards the movement.

Raymore’s self-response rate is 75.1% for the 2020 census, as of the most recent update on June 3. To read full story PLEASE buy the June 11 edition of the Raymore Journal.