Prep Roundup, Nov. 22
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL Sweet Springs 93, Otterville 85 Jake Neal led Otterville with 43 points in a 93-85 home loss Monday to Sweet Springs. The Greyhounds scored 33 points in the fourth quarter...
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Winchester Meadows earns deficiency free survey
Winchester Meadows was rated deficiency free by the Department of Health and Senior Services for the third time in a row. The survey is conducted unannounced to retirement communities in conjunction...
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St. Patrick’s volunteers to deliver 400 Thanksgiving meals
Putting the “thanks” into Thanksgiving, 100 volunteers will come together to make sure 500 meals are given to others in the Sedalia community on Thanksgiving Day. Members of St. Patrick’s Catholic...
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Boyer leaving S-C, heading home to Warsaw
Smith-Cotton High Head Football Coach Ryan Boyer has resigned to become the athletic director and head football coach at his alma mater, Warsaw High School. Boyer’s resignation, which is pending...
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Hazardous waste collections to cease for 2016
Household hazardous waste (HHW) collections will cease for 2016 season at 4 p.m. Dec. 5, according to a City of Sedalia news release. Household hazardous wastes are collected under a program sponsored...
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Sedalia as the ‘Silicon City of the Prairies?’
You probably read Sedalia Democrat reporter Nicole Cooke’s story in Tuesday’s edition of the paper about a new first responder network that will soon be implemented and tested right here in Sedalia and...
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Child Safe Dessert Auction: holiday sweets for a good cause
Brenda Coffman and Terrie Woodsmall, both of Marshall, look over attractively made desserts Tuesday evening at the Child Safe of Central Missouri Inc. Celebrity Dessert Auction at Cornerstone Baptist...
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New Sedalia business offering physical therapy
The first tenant of Maple Square Center opened a few weeks ago, providing physical therapy to the east side of Sedalia. SERC Physical Therapy opened Oct. 31 in the new Maple Square Center, 115 W....
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A con man works his way to Sedalia
In early August 1920, a man described by the Oklahoma Bankers Association as being 25 years old, approximately 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds with brown hair and a light florid...
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SFCC splits doubleheader with North Arkansas
North Arkansas 68, State Fair Lady Roadrunners 63 North Arkansas presented a clash in style with the Lady Roadrunners, and teams played to a stalemate through much of the contest. Late rebounds tipped...
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL Tipton 64, Chilhowee 2 Abby Backes scored 20 points in the first half of a 64-2 Tipton victory versus Chilhowee. Backes added seven rebounds and steals each. Brooklyn Pace...
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Nov. 23 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...
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Brett and Tessa Childers, of Sedalia, became the parents of a son, Beau Allen Childers, born Sept. 23, 2016. He weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces. The maternal grandparents are Kevin and Frances Greene and...
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Sedalia police involved in two pursuits
Sedalia police officers were involved in two pursuits within hours of each other last week. According to a Sedalia Police Department report, on Nov. 17, an officer saw a vehicle speeding, the make a...
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Nov. 24 Crash Reports
Man hurt in Saline wreck A Glasgow teen was injured in a single-vehicle accident at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday in Saline County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Damien M. Sucher, 16, of...
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL LATE TUESDAY RESULTS Crest Ridge 39, Sacred Heart 38 Crest Ridge edged the Lady Gremlins 39-38 Tuesday in Centerview. Grace Goodwin led Sacred Heart with 20 points. The...
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S-C track begins offseason workouts
The track season starts Feb. 28 with regular practices, but Smith-Cotton’s teams already are preparing for successful seasons. Brad Hagedorn, S-C track head coach, said the team starts workouts early...
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Tales from Ground Zero
A hidden hero is among the halls of Smith-Cotton High School. Kevin Fox, the head of janitorial services at S-C, was a lieutenant firefighter at the Seattle Fire Department and joined hundreds of...
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Thanksgiving thoughts from Heber Hunt students
Students in the Sedalia School District 200 celebrated Thanksgiving a few days early, with plenty of festivities hosted Tuesday throughout the district. The Red Team at at the Pettis County Early...
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Community rallies around Cole Camp couple in need
Sometimes it takes a sad event to realize there are still good people in the world, and there’s no better example than the local community rallying around a Cole Camp couple in a time of need. Paul and...
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