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First African-American Candidate in County History Runs for Harrison City Council

J. Froelich

Incumbent Republican alderman Heath Kirkpatrickis being challenged by civil rights activist Daniella Scott,founder of the progressive protest group, Boone County Indivisible. If elected, Scott will be the first African-American to hold political office in Boone County, where a violent ethnic cleansing occured more than a century ago.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.