"July-ish 2023:Swifties, Summer Training Camps, Etc."

• Co-hosts Sophia Bales and Shawn Roney discuss Sophia's visit to GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium to see Taylor Swift in July 2023. 
• Shawn discusses covering summer football training camps for high school sports. 

Segement: "Beyond the News Pages"

• Speeches by Richmond (Mo.) Mayor Mike Wright and City Administrator Tonya Willim are shared. 
• Audio from the Ray County 911 Board's July 27 meeting is shared, with Sheriff Scott Childers, board members and other involved personnel discussing errors related to warrants.
• Sophia reads one of her recently published columns. 

• Richmond High School student athlete Chris Webb is interviewed during a team 11-man football camp.
• Scott Dorton and Norman Clevenger III discuss coaching the Ray County Firecrackers competitive softball program. 
• Archers Paige and Trent Logsdon, and Jake Cringan comment on their performances at the Ray County Fair.

Segment: "Look to the West"

• Dantin McBee, a student in the Excelsior Springs School District, discusses his archery and clay shooting performances at the Ray County Fair.
• Press conferences with Dave Toub, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs are featured.

• Shawn was scheduled to cover Norborne Hardin-Central softball camp July 27, but it was called because of excessive heat.

• To read Sophia's story about the Taylor Swift crop art, visit https://www.richmond-dailynews.com/index.php/news/orrick-wheat-farm-designed-taylor-swifts-welcome.  
• To read Sophia's column, visit https://www.richmond-dailynews.com/opinion/importance-intentions.
• To read Shawn's story on Richmond football training camp, visit https://www.richmond-dailynews.com/index.php/sports/spartans-back-camp.
• To read Shawn's story on the shooting sports competitions at the Ray County Fair, visit https://www.richmond-dailynews.com/index.php/news/methodical-mcbee-wins-best-show-overall-award-fair. 
• Content free to view through Aug. 8, 2023.

Credits:

• Co-hosts: Sophia Bales, Shawn Roney
• Producers: Sophia Bales, Sharon Donat, Miranda Jamison, Shawn Roney
• Editing: Shawn Roney
• Music: Shawn Roney
• Opening/closing theme: "God Bless Hardin," composed by Shawn Roney, performed by Sacred & Secular

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