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Shipley ‘hands-on’ in assessing Lady Tigers
On the second official day of practice, Smith-Cotton volleyball head coach Diane Shipley was just as active as any of the Lady Tigers in attendance. Hired in March, Shipley was hands-on in assessing...
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Pettis County Breastfeeding Coalition hosts informational Mommy and Me Tea
Tea parties with children and parents can create a special bond for those involved. Tuesday afternoon’s Mommy and Me Tea was designed to help parents and grandparents deepen those bonds even further....
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Sedalia-Pettis County NAACP supports Missouri travel advisory
The Sedalia-Pettis County NAACP is in support of a Missouri travel advisory issued in June by the statewide organization. According to the Associated Press, the Missouri NAACP issued a travel advisory...
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Aug. 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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Pettis County Ambulance District names new chief
After several months as the interim leader of the organization, Eric Dirck has been named the new EMS Chief for the Pettis County Ambulance District, as announced Wednesday morning. Dirck was named the...
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SFCC Occupational Therapy Assistant students to host backpack education event
It’s an annual rite of passage for many students: finding the perfect backpack. With hundreds of styles to choose from, finding the right one can be difficult because the original Ghostbusters backpack...
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Missouri State Fair Society Horse Show welcomes public
The Missouri State Fair Society Horse Show was at a full canter Wednesday morning with exhibitors taking to the show ring in the Mathewson Exhibition Center. The annual pre-fair show is free and open...
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Lady Gremlins with size, senior setter entering 2017
Fall practices begin too early for David Fall. For the Sacred Heart athletic director and head volleyball coach, the first practice marks the end of summer — a date that, for those in education,...
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Laser procedure, handmade knives featured at 1 Million Cups
Laser pain procedures and handmade knives were the featured businesses at Wednesday morning’s 1 Million Cups event at State Fair Community College. 1 Million Cups is a nationwide program that helps...
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Aug. 3 Crash Reports
Hit-and-run accident injures one A Warrensburg man was injured in a two-vehicle accident at 9:15 p.m. Tuesday in Pettis County. Zachary T. Bradley, 21, was driving east on U.S. Highway 50 at Granny...
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Pastor’s Pulpit: It’s all about coming home
It was an average temperature summer day when I moved into the parsonage home of Sedalia First United Methodist Church last month. I celebrated the fact it wasn’t nearly as hot and humid as the day we...
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C.A.C.T.U.S. distribution begins Thursday, Friday
Volunteers are busy this week preparing for the annual Community and Children Teaming Up 4 Success, or C.A.C.T.U.S., distribution, which will provide approximately 1,600 backpacks and school supplies...
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Residents may qualify for low-interest USDA homeowner loans
The United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Agency has announced plans to help homeowners in need of essential repairs to their home through the assistance of low-interest loans. “We...
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Aug. 4 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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Sedalia man arrested for shooting
A man was arrested Thursday morning after shots were fired near a Sedalia residence. Rene Esparza, 44, of Sedalia, has been charged with first degree burglary, armed criminal action, stealing a...
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SFCC soccer adds freshmen from Sedalia, Knob Noster and Australia
State Fair Community College soccer programs, under new head coach Jaime Beltran, announced its respective 2017-18 freshmen classes for men’s and women’s soccer Thursday. The Roadrunners added 22...
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Remembering Sedalia’s round house relic
Columnist’s note: Every once in a while I will mention something from the past that surprises some people that they do not remember the landmark. This happened with my Washington Park memory, and it...
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Sedalia Fire Department marks 130th anniversary
This week marked an anniversary for the Sedalia Fire Department, but same as the work from the men who have dedicated their lives to service at SFD, it was done humbly and without fanfare. For 130...
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Bidding farewell to Sedalia summer
And whoosh! It’s August, and summer’s over. Lest people protest and say, “No! We have another month!,” remember that Sedalia 200 starts in two and a half weeks, and in my hometown, Thayer Bobcats will...
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Newly opened Deon’s Otterville Inn serves breakfast, lunch, dinner
OTTERVILE — Deon’s Otterville Inn, a newly opened restaurant and bar in Otterville, comes with a rich Mayfield family history, a family who has owned establishments in the area since 1974. The newly...
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