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State Fair Community College softball connects with youth
While head coach Lyndsey Talbot is already looking ahead to State Fair Community College softball’s upcoming season, this week she and some of her players were focused on training future Lady...
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July 20 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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July 20 Crash Reports
Teens suffer injuries in accident Two 17-year-old girls were injured in a vehicle accident at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in Henry County. Victoria A. Harris, of Lowery City, was driving east on Southwest 430...
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Sedalia Parks and Rec to offer morning of adventure at Centennial Sea
For families looking for a way to beat the heat ,the Sedalia Parks and Recreation Department has a number of special events planned for young and old alike, and even their canine friends. Saturday,...
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City names new Sedalia Parks and Recreation director
The Sedalia Parks and Recreation Department will have a new director effective July 31, as announced Thursday. The Sedalia Park Board met in closed session July 12 and unanimously approved hiring Amy...
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City of Sedalia to continue chip and seal work next week
The City of Sedalia completed 76.8 blocks of chip and seal on Sedalia streets this week. The following list provides the schedule for the week of July 24. Motorists are encouraged to find alternate...
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The German Table, Sweets an’Tiques expand menus
COLE CAMP — Two popular Cole Camp eateries, The German Table and Sweet an’Tiques, recently moved into larger buildings making it possible to expand their seating arrangements and menu offerings. The...
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Cat, puppy at Sedalia Animal Shelter looking for new home
After having some medical issues resolved, two pets are ready to be adopted from the Sedalia Animal Shelter. Nala, a 3-month-old yellow Labrador retriever mix, and Wonder Woman, a 2-year-old cat, both...
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McDonald’s job created some food for thought
Every day I take a moment to reflect on the 12-6 turn. While I was in high school in the early 1980s, I worked at McDonald’s. The restaurant was located at the intersection of two major highways...
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S-C to host football jamboree
The Smith-Cotton Football Jamboree is set for 6 p.m. Aug. 11 at Tiger Stadium at Smith-Cotton High School. Participating will be Eldon, Osage and Mexico, along with Smith-Cotton. Two scrimmages will...
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Should you join the crossbow revolution?
I bought my first archery deer license in 1966 and sallied forth carrying a Bear Whitetail Hunter recurve bow. I killed several deer with it, but for reasons that escape me now, I switched to a...
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Photos: Smith-Cotton’s Broadway Velocity students attend Choreography Camp
Members of Smith-Cotton High School show choir Broadway Velocity are reflected in mirrors as they work on a musical routine Friday morning with professional choreographer Zachary Pettit, left, of Webb...
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Thanking our brave military heroes
When I was 7 and a Brownie Scout, I made one of those orange-stuck-with-cloves pomander balls for a Mother’s Day gift. Mother took me aside to tell me she couldn’t use it because Daddy couldn’t stand...
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Political atmosphere hyper-toxic today
Cars and buildings set afire, windows broken out, speakers shouted down and intimidated, unending demands issued — we haven’t seen the book burnings yet, but students at some colleges are looking a lot...
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Scrap drives during WWII made kids patriots too
Columnist’s note: I thought about this memory as I watched a documentary on WWII last Sunday night. I was born in 1938 when World War ll was just barely visible on the horizon, but by the time I was in...
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Sobaski Golf: It runs in the family
Claire, Olivia, and their mother, Julie, came together on the Twin Hills Country Club in Joplin, Missouri, in mid-October 2015 and, to the unsuspecting eye, it seemed as though the Sobaski family had...
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Democratic candidate Al Skalicky focused on education, agriculture
Voters in the 28th Senatorial District will be choosing between two candidates to fill the former seat of Lt. Gov. Mike Parson in the Aug. 8 special election. On the ballot will be Al Skalicky, a...
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Sedalia man charged with statutory sodomy
A Sedalia man arrested in connection with a missing local teenager earlier this week has been charged with a sex crime. Matthew R. Fischer, 28, of Sedalia, has been charged with second degree statutory...
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Sedalia Democrat to publish five days a week
Starting Monday, Aug. 7, the Sedalia Democrat will no longer print and deliver a Monday edition. The Democrat will continue publishing a print edition Tuesday through Saturday. “We took a hard,...
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July 22 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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