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Steppenwolf concert was a little disappointining
When I was young I listened to the radio and I used to be a little jealous of the wacky radio DJs who got to be responsible for the joy felt by the people who won concert tickets. I even won a few of...
View ArticleMissouri’s ‘war’ with Kansas set to resume
At the end of the month, the state of Missouri will end its economic cease-fire and resume trying to poach employers and jobs from Kansas using special tax and economic incentives. A study by Kansas...
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A Fair dedication to a life well lived
The Missouri State Fair is a time of fun, friends, smiles and memories, but for many who are familiar with the Fair and it’s workings, this year is one tinged with sadness with the loss earlier in the...
View ArticleMissouri’s agriculture has huge economic impact
Each year the Marketing Department of the Missouri State Fair is tasked with creating a theme for the annual showcase of the best the state has to offer in the field of agriculture. This year’s...
View ArticleAug. 17 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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Lift off: SFCC men’s soccer launches with scrimmage
The time for announcements, hirings and recruitment is over. State Fair Community College men’s soccer returned to the pitch Tuesday after 15 years. After entering the second half tied at one goal...
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Can Creation Contest raises awareness
Allison Stiens, Jamie Luke, Maria Kuhns, and Savannah Taylor pose behind an American Flag they created using some of the 500 cans they were provided as part of the Can Creation Contest in the...
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Reader Fair Watch
Leah Heuerman, 6, pets the albino black snake in the Conservation Building at the Missouri State Fair. Abraham Lincoln poses for a photo with Leah Heuerman, 6, in the Co-op Building at the Missouri...
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Democrat Kids’ Contest displayed
The Democrat asked local children to send in drawings of their favorite activities about the Missouri State Fair and provided a space for the kids to draw the pictures placed randomly inside the...
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Missouri State Fair Midway carnival glows with evening fun
A nearly full moon shines through the Crazy Mouse roller coaster on the Midway at the Missouri State Fair Tuesday evening. A Full Sturgeon Moon occurs Wednesday. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the...
View ArticleAug. 18 Crash Reports
Stover man hurt in Morgan A Stover man sustained moderate injuries in a single-vehicle accident at 7:15 a.m. Thursday in Morgan County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Timothy D....
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The face of the Missouri State Fair
There are images from the Missouri State Fair that are etched in the minds of the visitors who may only go to the historic grounds once each August and to the Pettis County Residents who frequent the...
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Missouri State Fair ‘Day of Dancing’ draws over 200 people
The “Day of Dancing” was hosted Wednesday inside the Lowell Mohler Assembly Hall at the Missouri State Fair. Both line and square dancing was featured and approximately 200 to 250 people participated....
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Girls, best friends, show rabbits at the Missouri State Fair
Best friends Bailee Vogle, 8, and Haley Browning, 9, of Marshall love showing rabbits, the girls brought 54 rabbits to show this week at the Missouri State Fair. The youth rabbit competitions at the...
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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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SFCC Lady Roadrunners begin inaugural season
State Fair Community College performed a consecutive historic first kick Wednesday in Sedalia. Hosting Kansas City Kansas Community College for a scrimmage, Lady Roadrunners women’s soccer opened its...
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Reader Fair Watch
Whitney Cromley snapped this photo of Monday night’s sunset on the Midway at the Missouri State Fair. She said she took the photo because she thought the sky looked pretty. .neFileBlock {...
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Missouri State Fair sticks to its roots with Bluegrass Day
As fair-goers walked throughout the Missouri State Fairgrounds on Wednesday, they could hear the sounds of live music from multiple bands for the Show-Me Bluegrass Festival. All day the Budweiser,...
View ArticleWhen life tumbles in, what then?
It was so long ago now when I heard thunder in the late afternoon, my young son and I went outside to see if it was actually going to rain. The weatherman had given us an 80 percent chance of...
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Pettis County couple inducted into the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame
For generations of Missouri 4-H Club members, Philip and Lori Gerke of Windsor were inducted into the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame on Aug. 13 at State Fair Community College in Sedalia for their efforts...
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