Prep Roundup, Feb. 28
HIGH SCHOOL BOY’S BASKETBALL Cole Camp 63, California 57 Cole Camp won its third district championship in school history Saturday, Feb. 25, with a 63-57 win against the California Pintos. The two...
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Smith-Cotton students teach heart health
Smith-Cotton High School students were the teachers Monday as they conducted a Heart Healthy Workshop for fifth graders at Sedalia Middle School. Health Occupations Students of America was started at...
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Mayor Stephen Galliher vetoes Sedalia Regional Airport project ordinance
After the Sedalia City Council approved an ordinance related to a Sedalia Regional Airport project during Monday night’s meeting, Mayor Stephen Galliher has chosen to veto it. According to a City of...
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Church Women United to host World Day of Prayer event
World Day of Prayer will be observed and hosted by Church Women United on Friday at Wesley United Methodist Church. CWU Communications Chairperson Judi Moriarty Ebers said World Day of Prayer has been...
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Pettis County expecting severe weather Tuesday night
Pettis County is in a Slight Risk for severe weather Tuesday, in addition to bordering on the Enhanced Risk area, according to Sedalia-Pettis County Emergency Management Agency Director Dave Clippert....
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Should there be a national health-care system?
There are certain politicians in this country who seem dedicated to the cause of taking away people’s health coverage. But the people are rising up and saying “no” – each day more of them realize that...
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Daniel R. Elliott, Pettis County agriculturalist
The 1882 History of Pettis County praises Pettis County for its fertile soil, noting that five-sixths of the land was prairie, with “rich, black alluvial [soil] strong in sediment of lime, very...
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Article 4
A Tornado Watch has been issued for Pettis County until 1 a.m. Wednesday. A Tornado Watch is in effect for Adair, Bates, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Cooper, Grundy, Henry, Howard, Johnson, Lafayette,...
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Horace Mann speaks for the trees
Horace Mann Elementary was filled with students clad in bright orange clothing and mustaches, with a few Truffula seeds mixed in, Tuesday as the school learned about “The Lorax” as part of Read Across...
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State Fair Community College board discusses 2018 tuition
The State Fair Community College Board of Trustees began discussions about the upcoming Fiscal Year 2018 budget during Tuesday morning’s work session. The college is budgeting for a 2 percent decline...
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Green Ridge stopped short by Hermitage, 69-53
Green Ridge exited the Class 1 Missouri state basketball tournament Tuesday, Feb. 28 at Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia with a loss to Hermitage, 69-53. Keaton Gibbs led the Tigers with 22 points...
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March 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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Former Green Ridge superintendent pleads not guilty to fraud charges
The former superintendent of the Green Ridge R-VIII School District entered a not guilty plea Tuesday morning. Cara Easter, of Green Ridge, appeared at the Pettis County Courthouse before Judge Jeff...
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Smithton selects new superintendent
The Smithton R-VI School District announced the hiring of David Bray on Wednesday as the new superintendent beginning July 1 for the 2017-18 school year. Bray is the building principal at Thomas...
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Storms, hail keep Sedalia on alert Tuesday night
Many Sedalians stayed closed to their cell phones, Facebook or TV Tuesday night as a swath of storms moved into Pettis County. With the prediction of torrential rain, damaging hail, 60 mph winds and...
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Graphics, dentistry featured at 1 Million Cups
Attendees at 1 Million Cups heard from an established graphics business and a new dentist during Wednesday morning’s event at State Fair Community College. Myrna Ragar has several decades of experience...
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Sedalia Rental Inspection Committee discusses inspection checklist
The Sedalia Rental Inspection Committee continued its review of the draft inspection ordinance during Wednesday’s meeting, discussing the proposed inspection checklist. The draft ordinance includes a...
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Young, Lyles score 20 as Gremlins advance at state over Lockwood, 62-40
In one sequence, Micah Tanguay exploited every advantage Sacred Heart held over Lockwood its Class 2 state sectional matchup and put the exclamation point on a 62-40 Gremlins victory. Having ripped the...
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Cole Camp, 2016-17 tri-champions of the Kaysinger Conference and Class 3, District 13 champions, concluded its season Wednesday, March 1, at Harrisonville High School in Harrisonville in a loss to...
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Carver birth announcement
Matthew and Elizabeth Carver, of Sedalia, became the parents of a daughter, Lane Annabelle Carver, born Feb. 26, 2017. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces. The maternal parents are Russell and Bonni Lane,...
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