Sedalia News

The Sedalia Police Department STING Unit arrested three men Friday on drug possession and manufacturing charges after executing a search warrant at a Third Street home.

The Sedalia Business and Professional Women's Club met Thursday to recognize people in the community who have helped spread the club's mission of achieving equity for women in the workplace.

Sedalia emergency rooms and clinics were flooded with "victims" Thursday morning as part of a training exercise simulating an ice storm emergency.

In response to calls about burning leaves in town, the Sedalia Fire Department wants to remind residents that open burning is illegal inside the city limits.

A seedling idea born during a casual lunch has blossomed into a multi-million dollar project plan to power State Fair Community College with alternative energy.

Gertrude Hunt, of Sedalia, celebrated her 80th birthday with a luncheon, hosted by her family, on Thursday at her home.

Doors opening and closing by themselves, strange voices in the night and unexplainable shadows haunt Sedalia and surrounding areas.

A law requiring registered sex offenders to remain home on Halloween and post a special sign to trick-or-treaters will be enforced in Pettis County.

Despite the efforts of law enforcement agencies, support groups and educational organizations, the production and use of methamphetamine remains a pervasive problem in Pettis County.

More than 15 volunteers from various organizations and churches in the area braved Saturday morning's chilly weather to help paint an elderly Sedalia woman's home during national Make a Difference Day.

Several homeowners cited for property maintenance code violations say fixing their property is not a matter of will, but of way.

The donation of a coat, book or food are ways to make a difference. Saturday is national Make a Difference Day, and organizations in Sedalia are stepping up with coat, book and food drives.

Events begin this weekend for families looking for a safe way to spend Halloween with their young ghosts and goblins.

A man attempted to rob a Sedalia convenience store Monday night using a toy gun.

A jury trial was set for January in the case of a Sedalia man accused of assaulting his 3-month-old son in September.

The woman charged with murder after allegedly providing prescription pills to a Sedalia man who overdosed entered a not guilty plea in Pettis County Circuit Court on Monday.

The Sedalia City Council is expected to take action at its meeting Monday to change the name of Adams Road to ProEnergy Boulevard.

The Pettis County Commission opened bids for concrete work on the Smithton storm shelter and approved the purchase of an aluminum box culvert for the Easter Road Bridge replacement project.

With Halloween just around the corner, The Sedalia Democrat is looking for spooky stories about places in Pettis County that may have a reputation as being haunted.

Sedalia pets will have a greater chance of surviving house fires thanks to a donation by the Sedalia Kennel Club.