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Gov. Nixon makes appointments to boards and commissions
Gov. Jay Nixon announced Wednesday his appointments to four boards and commissions, including a Sedalia resident. Nixon nominated 10 individuals to the Child Abuse and Neglect Review Board, which...
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Armed robbery reported at La Monte gas station
The Pettis County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information about an armed robbery at a La Monte gas station Tuesday night. According to a news release, at 9 p.m. Tuesday, an employee at Casey’s General...
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Lincoln boys cruise to Otterville Holiday Classic final
Lincoln boy’s basketball scored 46 points in the first half before its starters rested in the second. The Cardinals’ reserves, however, did not miss a beat in a 73-30 Otterville Holiday Classic victory...
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Healthy U 2016 winner striving to inspire others
The fifth Healthy U class graduated Thursday night during A Night of Inspiration, and the Class of 2016 winner is taking that phrase to heart with her journey. Overall, the Class of 2016 lost a total...
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Suspect wanted in La Monte armed robbery
The Pettis County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating one of the suspects in Tuesday night’s armed robbery in La Monte. According to a news release issued late Friday afternoon,...
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Twister headed to The Summit
Two cheerleading teams from West Central Missouri are headed to Florida this year for a prestigious competition, a first for their home gym. Twister Sports, with locations in Warrensburg and Sedalia,...
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Goss retires from U.S. Air Force
Col. Glen L. Goss retired from the U.S. Air Force on Jan. 1, after 25 years of active service. Goss was born in Sedalia and graduated from Smithton High School in 1987. He was commissioned as an ROTC...
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Pettis County Sheriff Bond to speak in Washington, D.C.
Pettis County Sheriff Kevin Bond will speak about the local Stepping Up Initiative at a national conference in Washington, D.C., next month. Bond said Friday he was invited by the National Association...
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Trombone quartet Maniacal 4 to perform at UCM
WARRENSBURG — The Performing Arts Series the Department of Music at the University of Central Missouri will present the trombone quartet Maniacal 4 in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Hart Recital...
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Woods, please hurry and open
I read the other day that Woods is going to open a grocery store in the Bing’s location on Limit, and that the store will have an expanded produce department, a butcher shop, and all kinds of other...
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Weather-related school cancellations complicated
In a world that hinges on shades of gray, a lot of people want every answer to every question to be a black-and-white scenario. On Thursday morning, school leaders throughout the region had difficult...
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Columnist’s Note: My Grandmother Wickliffe dispensed wit and wisdom along with love, to her other grandchildren, and me over the years. She died when I was a young man, but she was such an influence in...
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Local representatives weigh in on new legislative session
The legislative session in Missouri started Wednesday and two local representatives gave their takes on expectations for the spring 2017 session. State Rep. Nathan Beard, R-Sedalia, is starting his...
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Panning for “Gold” at Sports Shows
The sight of January 5th’s freshly fallen snow caused me to burst into one of the most popular songs of my misbegotten youth, the chorus of which goes “Jingle bells, shotgun shells, rabbits on the way....
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Sedalia City Council sets 2017 priorities
The Sedalia City Council, city staff and Mayor Stephen Galliher worked for most of the day Saturday setting priorities and goals for 2017 during the annual strategic planning session. Council heard...
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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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Sedalia losing a mile of the Katy Trail
A mile-long portion of the Katy Trail between Griessen Road and Boonville Avenue is being torn out, exposing the railroad track beneath, in an agreement for use with a commercial property, once known...
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Windsor girls win, boys lose at Warrensburg shootout
The Windsor Lady Greyhounds held off Crest Ridge in a 40-38 victory at the Lotspiech Central Missouri Shootout at the Multipurpose Building in Warrensburg on Saturday. Windsor’s boys failed to sustain...
View ArticleLIVESTOCK MARKET REPORTS
Sedalia-Central Missouri Sales Company Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for Jan. 2 Receipts, 479; last week, 717; year ago. 605. Compared to two weeks ago, a light test of steers and heifers sold...
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As the deadline gets closer for municipal candidate filing, the races for several school boards are heating up. At eight candidates, the Pettis County R-V (Hughesville) Board of Education has the...
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