Crash Reports
Woman hurt in Pettis crash A Warrensburg woman was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 12:40 p.m. Thursday in Pettis County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Jayden D. Findley,...
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Trout fishing underway at Liberty Park
Bill and Kathi Munholland, of Overland Park, Kansas, take advantage of fly fishing at Liberty Park Lagoon Friday morning. The lagoon was restocked with 1,300 trout Tuesday by the Missouri Department of...
View ArticleColumn was unprofessional
Travis McMullen’s column on Nov 2, was very unprofessional and mean spirited about Mr. Trump. Millions of Americans are well aware of the fact that he is our only hope for recovering from the mess the...
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Pool hall memories
People ask me how I can remember all the things I write about that happened in my childhood, and I have to admit, I get a lot of help from old friends. A good example of that help came whenever I...
View ArticleMcMullen was biased
Dear Editor, I can keep silent no longer after reading the lies and misinformation spewed by the Sedalia DEMOCRAT’s regular contributor Travis McMullen in Wednesday’s edition regarding Donald Trump....
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Record voter turnout expected Tuesday in Pettis County
With 71 percent voter turnout expected statewide in Tuesday’s general election, Pettis County Clerk Nick La Strada said he is expecting similar numbers in Pettis County, which could be a record....
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Walmart begins selling Waterloo products
A year after the Waterloo Industries Headquarters was located to Sedalia, the company is expanding its product reach with a number of companies, including Walmart. The new partnership is part of...
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Smith-Cotton sophomores run at state cross-country meet
The first Smith-Cotton cross-country runners to qualify for the state meet in eight years are also ideal student-athletes, according to coaches Tara and Matt Clark. “If you could pick two people that...
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Saturday ON TAP HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY 9 a.m. Smith-Cotton at Class 4 State Championship HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER 4 p.m. Sacred Heart at Greenwood OR St. Paul Lutheran (at Class 1 State Championship in...
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Wendy’s Heisman recognizes local students
For the last 22 years, the Wendy’s High School Heisman award has honored more than 600,000 high school student athletes for their accomplishments both on and off the field of play. Four area students...
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Missouri beats UCM, 66-59 in exhibition
Three seasons ago, Missouri men’s basketball head coach Kim Anderson paced, glared and instructed from the opposite baseline in an exhibition with Central Missouri. He likely has fond memories of that...
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Lincoln defeats Skyline in district title grudge match, 58-28
Friday’s Class 1, District 4 championship game between the Lincoln Cardinals and Skyline Tigers ended 58-28 in favor of the home team, Lincoln. Teams scored a combined 72 points in the first quarter in...
View ArticleNov. 5 Police Reports
This list is a sampling of crime in Sedalia and the surrounding area. Information is taken from official police reports, which do not necessarily contain statements from all parties involved in each...
View ArticleArt Happenings
Luehrman, Shaffer, & Check to play Saturday Luehrman, Shaffer, & Check will close out the Eclectic Cafe concert series at 7 p.m. Saturday at the old Johnson County Courthouse in Warrensburg....
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String of vehicle break-ins reported in Sedalia
Five vehicle break-ins were reported earlier this week, resulting in several stolen items including a firearm. The Sedalia Police Department received four reports early Wednesday morning. According to...
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Haunting good time downtown
During the annual Downtown Sedalia Trick-or-Treat event, Friday afternoon, Josh Rhoads, of Sedalia, dressed as Abe Lincoln, takes a break. Rhoads wore drywall stilts making him eight-feet three-inches...
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Sedalia man arrested for stolen vehicle, firearm
A Sedalia man was arrested Wednesday evening after it was found he was in possession of both a stolen vehicle and a stolen firearm. According to a Sedalia Police Department report, at 6:50 p.m. an...
View ArticleVote yes on Amendment 3
When thinking about how to vote on Amendment 3 this November 8, consider this: the rate of Missouri’s high schoolers smoking is higher than the national average, one in six pregnant Missouri moms...
View ArticleChoice is simple
Within a few days we all will go to our polling place and make our choice of leaders, from the courthouse to the White House. It has been decades since have seen a national election whose outcome will...
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Girl Scout Camp Sacajawea hosted open house Saturday
Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland hosted an open house Saturday at Camp Sacajawea, giving the public a chance to visit and to see the improvements made, in the last three years, to the 33 acre...
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