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Hanson joins staff at Kitto & Associates
Dr. Gary C. Kitto & Associates, Center for Hope and Healing, announced the addition of Dana Hanson, MA-PSY, CLC, to the staff. Hanson relocated from the Branson area and joined as a therapist in...
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Meetings 101: school board meeting policies addressed
Each month reporters from the Sedalia Democrat attend the board meetings of the Sedalia School District 200 and State Fair Community College. An advance story is published, typically the day of the...
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Rookie Reporter: Smith-Cotton High School Academic Team captures first in...
The Smith-Cotton Academic Team put its “useless facts and information” to good use. The back of the team’s shirts read that it is an outlet for which the members can finally use all of the seemingly...
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Kehde Jr. paints mural on downtown shop
Historical restoration and decorative paint artist John Allen Kehde Jr. talks about the mural he’s painting on the south side of Chelsea’s Antiques on Tuesday morning in downtown Sedalia. He noted he...
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Michael Wright returns to Smith-Cotton after year as CTC director at State...
After a year away from the Sedalia School District 200, Michael Wright is coming home. Wright, who resigned from Sedalia 200 a year ago to become the executive director of State Fair Community...
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Parents, get involved with children’s lives
I was having a little trouble coming up with something to write about this week so I decided to turn to the good people of the Sedalia’s Voices Facebook page (www.facebook.com/groups/616532405121942)...
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Henry Toggenbarger’s death
On August 17, 1885, word spread through Sedalia that Henry Toggenberger was dead in a room at the Atlantic Hotel, located on St. Louis Street. Nellie Jenkins, a young woman who worked at the hotel, had...
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Sedalia City Council talks real estate, sick time
In one of the shortest Sedalia City Council meetings in recent history, council took care of some housekeeping items, as well as approved the purchase of an abandoned home that will eventually be...
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May 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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Waters of Grace benefits locals as well as Haitians
Three local women with a heart for others began their journey of compassion by going to Haiti in 2012. The trip changed their lives and subsequently brought about the creation of Waters of Grace, a...
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Heavier trucks antithesis to healthy infrastructure
Following a statehouse vote earlier this month killing a proposed six-cent per gallon increase in the gas tax for funding road and bridge repairs, many across the state have been calling for a much...
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Rookie Reporter: Smith-Cotton student finds home away from Haiti
A new face is roaming the halls with fellow Smith-Cotton High students. Trying to adapt to the new environment is Noldgihansh “Noldgi” Brioche, who recently moved to the U.S. from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti...
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State Fair Community College Board of Trustees approves employee compensation...
Members of the State Fair Community College Board of Trustees met Tuesday morning for a special board meeting to decide the college’s compensation package for faculty and staff for the 2018 school...
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Sedalia ‘unfriendly’ to pedestrians
“Sedalia is very unfriendly to pedestrians,” said Diane Yantz. “All the funding is going into improving existing sidewalks. What about areas with no sidewalks? And crossing at that new 50/65...
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Coroner’s jury hears contradictory testimony
When Henry Toggenbarger, a telegraphy student who had been in Sedalia only a few weeks, died in August 1885 at the Atlantic Hotel, “a thousand rumors” about the cause of death “circulated in all...
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World of Outlaws sprints return to Sedalia
The Outlaws are back for another lap. The World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series visits the Missouri State Fair Speedway in Sedalia for the first time since 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 5. Sammy...
View ArticleQuick Hits: Three Tigers advance to sectionals
Jackson Kempton, Jerod Rosenbarker and Kendall Weymuth advanced to Class 4 boy’s golf sectionals after guiding Smith-Cotton to a fourth-place finish at districts. Smith-Cotton had a team total of 331...
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May 3 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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Man hurt in Henry County crash
A Deepwater man sustained moderate injuries in a single-vehicle accident at 8:10 a.m. Tuesday in Henry County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Gary A. Bollinger, 62, was driving...
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Alan Jackson, Lee Ann Womack to play Missouri State Fair
The Missouri State Fair announced Wednesday afternoon a 2017 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee will be performing at the Pepsi Grandstand this year. Alan Jackson will bring his 2017 Honky Tonk...
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