Pettis County News

Economic Development Sedalia-Pettis County recently joined a coalition aimed at attracting more data centers to Missouri.

Two men were injured after their vehicles collided Friday at an intersection in Pettis County.

The Pettis County prosecutor has charged a soldier who had been reported missing from Fort Leonard Wood with making a terrorist threat at a Sedalia high school.

A U.S. Army soldier accused of entering Smith-Cotton High School on Saturday night and reporting a prisoner escape to school officials has been arrested and charged with making a terrorist threat.

A Pettis County jury listened to opening statements Tuesday in the trial of a Sedalia man charged with three counts of child molestation.

The Pettis County Commission on Tuesday opened bids on computer equipment to upgrade the county's network infrastructure and approved reimbursements for unanticipated 2009 expenses.

A Sedalia teen was injured Tuesday after he rolled his pickup in Pettis County, crashing into a mailbox and utility marker, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.

Saturday is opening day of firearms season in Missouri and hunters are encouraged to share their harvest to help families in need.

Two Pettis County residents were injured in a fire Wednesday on Van Natta Road west of Sedalia, the Pettis County Sheriff's Office reported.

A Sedalia man was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to manufacturing crack cocaine and entering an Alford Plea to a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm.

A 64-year-old Sedalia man faces charges of possessing and manufacturing methamphetamine.

Pettis County deputies are looking into a rash of property damage cases after receiving several reports of damaged mailboxes overnight.

A Green Ridge man was ejected from his vehicle after hitting a deer Friday night in Pettis County.

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.

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

Ten local companies were honored Tuesday at the Manufacturing Milestone Anniversary Recognition Event organized by Economic Development Sedalia-Pettis County.

For more than 25 years, the Community Santa Campaign has provided children, seniors and the disabled with gifts or money to ensure a merry Christmas, and this year is no different.

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.

A man was injured when he crashed his motorcycle Wednesday in Pettis County. Charles E. Oquest, 61, of Sweet Springs, was taken by ambulance to I-70 Medical Center.

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.