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Steppenwolf, Foghat, Molly Hatchet rock the house
Molly Hatchet rocks down as they open Saturday evening’s Pepsi Grandstand Concert at the 2016 Missouri State Fair. Foghat and John Kay & Steppenwolf also performed. From left, Foghat’s lead...
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Lead Line shows-off wool fashion
Brennan Anderson, from Ash Grove, competes in the Pee Wee Division of the Show-Me Lead Line Show Sunday afternoon in the Sheep Pavilion at the Missouri State Fair. The wool fashion show has been hosted...
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Healing Box Project offers musical healing for veterans
One Missouri couple is promoting music as a way to help military veterans cope with Post Traumatic Stress through a nonprofit organization they founded called The Healing Box Project. The motto for...
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Missouri State Fair hosts seventh Military Appreciation Day
Sunday was a day for the Missouri State Fair family to say thank you to the men and women and the families of those who have given themselves in service to America as members of the United States Armed...
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Sedalia City Council to vote on Oak Grove/Curry intersection improvements
During the campaign for the city’s use tax issue on the August 2015 ballot, voters were told the additional revenue would be used to improve the intersection at Oak Grove Lane and Curry Street. Voters...
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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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Take a musical trip with Doo-Wah Riders
The Doo-Wah Riders cover a lot of territory – musically and geographically. The country-cajun quintet from Southern California is in Sedalia through Monday at the Missouri State Fair then will drive...
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Bothwell expands health care options with new physicians
Bothwell Regional Health Center continues to increase access to services throughout the region by aggressively recruiting new health care providers who offer exceptional care to our communities....
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Come for the butter cow, stay for the ice cream
One of the must-see stops at the Missouri State Fair each year is the butter cow in the Gerken Dairy Center, and this year’s creation is no different. “Bessie and the Bee” is an “udderly” adorable...
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The Fair through the eyes of a child
Dillion Schulte, 7, of Owensville, brushes his Hereford, Cha-Ching, before showing him Sunday morning in the Coliseum of the Missouri State Fairgrounds. Wyatt Tyre, left, listens and smiles while his...
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‘We try to be …. good stewards of the land’
Missouri is a rich and diverse state in many ways, especially in terms of its agricultural production and its people. Monday night was an opportunity to celebrate the best of both entities as the...
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Sedalia City Council moves forward with U.S. Highway 50 intersection project
The City of Sedalia moving forward on improvements and reconstruction at the U.S. Highway 50 intersection at Oak Grove Lane and Curry Street after the Sedalia City Council approved a contract with...
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Missouri State Fair offers big payouts after weekend rodeo
Results from the MRCA Missouri State Fair Rodeo were recently released. Billy Griffin claimed $556.48 winning the barebacks competition. Griffin, of Lee’s Summit, edged Maryville rider Russell Redden....
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Sedalian footballer at home with Real Zamora
Something brought Israel Baeza back to Mexico. The 24-year-old soccer player was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, but moved to Missouri as a child when his father, Efraín, took over pastoral duties at...
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Biles’ run at Olympic history ends with bronze on the beam
RIO DE JANEIRO — Simone Biles felt her right foot slip. Then her left. As she reached down to steady herself on the balance beam — her first visible misstep during an astonishing Olympics that includes...
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Bolt says tight schedule slowed down 100-meter sprinters
RIO DE JANEIRO — Usain Bolt rarely complains about going too fast. After the rushed road to Sunday night’s 100-meter final, he had to make an exception. Faced with a turnaround time of barely over an...
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Man protests outside Pettis County Courthouse
Steve McGinnis, of Versailles, protested outside the Pettis County Courthouse Tuesday saying he was upset because he couldn’t visit his wife who is incarcerated at the Pettis County Jail. McGinnis...
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Faces of the Missouri State Fair
Tuesday morning Kenny Ahern, right, hams it up with Asher Roberts, of Grain Valley, in his show “to laugh is to live” at the Missouri State Fair Kids’ Stage. Ahern, big on audience participation,...
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An iconic beef dining experience at the Fair
It started with an idea to serve Missouri State Fair visitors “quality beef like no other,” 34 years ago, and from that idea, the Missouri Beef House was born. Patty Wood, who began volunteering at the...
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