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Smith-Cotton girls fall to Warrensburg at home
Much of the Smith-Cotton girl’s basketball team got a taste of how bitter the Warrensburg rivalry can be. Senior Warrensburg guards Hally Piontek and Alli Rhone generated 27 free throws, and led WHS...
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Smith-Cotton seals rivalry win over Warrensburg late
Despite controlling the lead from the begining, Tuesday’s boy’s basketball game between Tiger rivals Smith-Cotton and Warrensburg came down to tense free-throw attempts late in a 66-61 victory for the...
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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Iowa Western Community College 89, State Fair Roadrunner 63 Corey Mendez led the Roadrunners with 17 points Tuesday in an 89-63 loss at Iowa Western. In the first half, State...
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Feb. 1 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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Illegal Dumping Awareness Project announces winner
A Sedalia Middle School fifth grader was honored Jan. 25 at the Pettis County Courthouse for artwork entered in the 2016-17 Pettis County Illegal Dumping Awareness project. Isabella Stringham, the...
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Sedalia Rental Inspection Committee discusses draft ordinance
The Sedalia Rental Inspection Committee’s meeting Wednesday was a full hour of productive discussion with plenty of constructive criticism of the draft ordinance. Several key points were brought up by...
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Beer, cars featured at 1 Million Cups
Craft beer and cars were the two topics discussed during Wednesday morning’s 1 Million Cups event at State Fair Community College. Jason VanNatta started VanNatta Fabrication about 13 years ago at his...
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Sacred Heart boys win, girls struggle against Santa Fe
Sacred Heart split a make-up W-K Holiday Shootout doubleheader with Santa Fe on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at the Fred E. Davis Multipurpose Center in Sedalia, facing Santa Fe. The Lady Gremlins fell 38-17...
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HIGH SCHOOL GIRL’S BASKETBALL Hickman 43, Smith-Cotton 37 Kiara Williams led S-C with 12 points and Nia Hawkins and Haley Wiskur collected eight apiece in a 43-37 loss at Smith-Cotton High School in...
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Feb. 2 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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Sacred Heart School principal gets slimed for a good cause
Sacred Heart School Assistant Principal Holly Wilson pours slime over Principal Gary Manning at an assembly Thursday morning in the school’s gymnasium. For the second year in a row, Wilson won the...
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Driver crashes into hospital
An elderly man sustained facial and chest injuries after his vehicle crashed into the front doors of Bothwell Regional Health Center at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. The Sedalia Police Department, Sedalia Fire...
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Three injured in in Thompson wreck
Three people were injured in a wreck Thursday afternoon on Thompson Boulevard at 10th Street. According to Sedalia police, About 3:45 p.m., a minivan was stopped at a stop sign on West 10th Street at...
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Former Green Ridge superintendent charged
Charges were filed last week by the Pettis County Prosecuting Attorney against the former Green Ridge R-VIII School District Superintendent after she fraudulently used almost $2,000 in school funds....
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Cases recently resolved in Pettis County Circuit Court
The following is a sampling of cases that were resolved in the Circuit Court of Pettis County from Jan. 10-31, according to information from Pettis County Prosecuting Attorney Phillip Sawyer. George...
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Getting old is a fact of life
The other day I heard a mother tell her small child she would be glad when he grew up. I thought that was an awful thing to say because I think growing up is a necessary evil, that must be fought tooth...
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JROTC Cadets of the Month
On Jan. 27, five cadets competed to be the January 2017 JROTC Cadet of the Month. Each cadet is selected by their own company to compete. During this competition cadets are asked a series of questions...
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The Cross is an important Christian ‘logo’
I was pondering logos the other day, having recently put lettering on our church bus. I wanted more than just our name on the bus. I wanted it to include our church logo. Logos are important in...
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AFS Swords travels to Italy
The Sedalia Chapter of American Field Service (AFS) met Jan. 17 in the Budweiser Hospitality room. Andrea Eppenaur presided over the bon voyage to Alex Swords, left, daughter of John and Michelle...
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