
Destiny DeLuca, 6, a first-grader, and her mentor, Hanna Bernhardt, of Sedalia, look at pictures while sitting under the shelter at Housel Park during Wednesday’s picnic kicking off this year’s mentoring program at Washington Elementary School....
A vintage clothing museum and store that hosts programs on the history of garments could be part of what makes downtown Sedalia a destination. Nostalgia Vintage Apparel, scheduled to open within the next six months, is among a mini-boom of new...
Stetson Shirky, 18, left, of Otterville, and Joshua Staus, 18, of Cole Camp, lift a wall frame along with other classmates in the State Fair Career and Technology Center building trades class as they work Monday afternoon at the house being built at 316...
By age 16, Kevin Polley knew he wanted to become a conservation agent. His father was in law enforcement, and when Polley was younger, he rode along with game wardens learning about the wildlife code, increasing his desire to work in the field. “I’m...
Nine-year-old Marcus Boyd, of Sedalia, had never been in a plane until Saturday. "I got to drive it," Marcus said after hopping out of the Cessna 182, four-seater plane. Marcus was one of many children who got to experience flying for the first time...
Students armed with paint, pencils, pastels and pens scattered around the Missouri State Fairgrounds on Friday with a mission: Find something interesting to draw. Do it in two hours. Almost 100 students in grades six through eight from eight schools planted...
Students watched as the huge machine chugged. Its wheels and belts spun as the wheat moved up the conveyor belt into the thresher’s maw. Grain dripped down into a truck on one side, while straw shot out the back. Sacred Heart School students...
Smith-Cotton seniors Jenny Roe, 17, left, and Audrey VanDyne, 17, get the senior class float ready for Friday’s homecoming parade while working Wednesday afternoon at Ditzfeld Transfer....
Joel Sturdevant, Lee’s Summit, a balloon pilot with the RE/MAX real estate network, takes teachers for tethered rides under a crisp blue sky Tuesday morning in front of the student body at Skyline Elementary School. ...
Matthew Stees, 11, got a look Monday inside the high school he will someday attend. Matthew and about 25 other people — members of the public and the Board of Education — toured the new high school site prior to the School District...