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Youth are the champions
Saturday was a day to celebrate many of the finest youth and livestock the 2016 Missouri State Fair had to offer at the Sale of Champions. It was also a day to break records as the sale raised...
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Clinton man sustains serious injuries A Clinton man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle accident at 7 a.m. Friday in Henry County. Dennis R. Akins, 47, was driving eastbound on state Route 7, one...
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A son’s gratitude for an agricultural upbringing
For the 12 young men and women who showed their animals at the Sale of Champions Saturday afternoon at the Missouri State Fair, one thing was evident, none of them arrived at that moment alone. To be a...
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Mallory Griffin, Oak Grove, wins 2016 Missouri State Fair Idol
Again this year a Missouri high school woman from Oak Grove has received the title of 2016 Missouri State Fair Idol Sunday afternoon in the Budweiser Tent. Mallory Griffin, 16, swept up the honor with...
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Council to vote on SPD headquarters architect
The Sedalia City Council will have a special meeting tonight with only a few agenda items, including more discussion about the new Sedalia Police Department Headquarters building. Council will vote to...
View ArticleSacred Heart soccer opens season with win
Sacred Heart Gremlins boy’s soccer opened its season Saturday, Aug. 20 at Knob Noster with a 7-0 victory. Sam Bello scored five goals, three in the first half, while Jose Colindes and Sam Burnett...
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Brian Brown wins Missouri State Fair High Roller Classic
How many steaks can you buy with $15,000? It is a question for Brian Brown, who claimed the prize after a win Sunday at the Missouri State Fair High Roller Classic at the Missouri State Fair Speedway...
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A magazine for Missouri agriculture
The Missouri State Fair annually spotlights many of the best and brightest individuals and their livestock, crops, artwork, crafts, and a vast array of exhibits The Fair is also a showcase for the...
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Inaugural blue ribbon debut
It seems only fitting that in her first year of showing cattle and in her first appearance at the Missouri State Fair, Rylee Smith would show her Red Angus because 2016 marked the breed’s inaugural...
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Missouri State Fair says goodbye until next year
A workman for Wade Shows Inc. dismantles the Crazy Mouse roller coaster Monday on the Carnival Midway at the Missouri State Fairgrounds. Show Manager Dwight Risch said the carnival is in partnership...
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Republicans celebrate opening of Pettis headquarters
With the general election about 11 weeks away, the Pettis County Republicans are ready with the opening of their headquarters Monday evening. A ribbon cutting was hosted Monday to open the Pettis...
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Sedalia City Council hires Sedalia Police station architect
The Sedalia City Council convened for an short special meeting Monday night which resulted in the hiring of an architect for the new Sedalia Police Department Headquarters building. Council approved...
View ArticleAug. 23 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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Roadrunners soccer scrimmages Columbia College
The State Fair Community College Roadrunners traveled to Columbia College on Saturday, Aug. 20, to scrimmage the Columbia College Cougars, ranked seventh in the NAIA Men’s Soccer Coaches’ Preseason Top...
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Warrensburg wins early golf invite
The Warrensburg Lady Tigers shot a team score of 191 at the Sedalia Country Club in Sedalia to claim victory at a quad meet Monday. Kayla Kimbley fired a 9-hole score of 45, one stroke behind Sacred...
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Green Ridge superintendent placed on leave
With the start of classes Wednesday, the Green Ridge R-VIII District Board of Education confirmed Superintendent Cara Easter has been placed on administrative leave. The district released the following...
View ArticleLa Monte boil order lifted
The boil advisory in the City of La Monte has been lifted. It was originally issued at 2 p.m. Friday for the entire city. Democrat Staff
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Like it or not, the Fair isn’t going anywhere
The good people of Sedville seem to have mixed feelings about the Missouri State Fair. On one hand, it’s good for the town in a financial sense. Many locals depend on the fair for a quick summer cash...
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Pressure tactics used by Community Fund
Sedalia launched its Community Fund Drive to raise money for the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Y.M.C.A., Red Cross, and Salvation Army in October 1927. The second day of the campaign, the workers met for...
View ArticleMoDOT to increase speed along portion of route Y in Pettis County
Traffic engineers with the Missouri Department of Transportation recently completed a speed study along state Route Y in Pettis County. According to a MoDOT news release, they are recommending a speed...
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