This list is a sampling of crime in Sedalia and the surrounding area. The information is taken from official police reports, which do not necessarily contain statements from all parties involved in each case.

The Pettis County Commission marked Earth Day on Monday with a formal public announcement of plans to place solar panels on three county buildings.

Kansas City Power & Light is reaching out to customers who have run up high winter utility bills as the state’s Cold Weather Rule comes to an end, according to a company press release.

An early spring storm dumped more than seven inches of snow on Sedalia and Pettis County on Sunday morning, forcing businesses to close for the day and churches to cancel Palm Sunday services. It also caused some short-lived power outages, according to Sedalia-Pettis County Emergency Management Agency Director Dave Clippert.

The deluge of snow that was dumped on the area a dozen days ago left thousands of residents across mid-Missouri without power, some for as many as five days. Utilities KCP&L, Ameren and Central Missouri Electric Cooperative all had outages locally, and most of their customers were back on line within a couple of days at the most.

About 2,500 households in Pettis County remained without electricity Tuesday night after a winter storm dumped a foot of heavy snow on the area that downed power lines and tree limbs.

LA MONTE — Voters will be asked April 2 to approve what amounts to a one-year extension of the La Monte R-IV School District’s current bond levy, with proceeds funding roof repairs and other building issues.

Incoming Sedalia-Pettis County United Way Campaign chair Paul Dick received a pair of loafers Friday at the annual United Way awards luncheon.

It will be a merrier Christmas for Water Department employees after the Board of Public Works voted unanimously to approve a $1 per hour pay increase starting Dec. 1.

“Is Doug Kneibert, former Democrat editor and doubter of the cattle drives to Sedalia, the same as F. Douglas Kneibert, editor of Rhonda Chalfant’s ‘An Illustrated History of Sedalia and Pettis County, 1860-1990?’”

Geni Allison Howe and Aaron Justin Harms, together with their parents, Richard “Skip” and Kathleen Howe, of Warsaw, and Scott and Leticia Harms, of Cole Camp, announce their engagement.

Representatives from Kansas City Power & Light made their case for a requested 10.9 percent rate increase during a Missouri Public Service Commission public hearing Thursday in Sedalia.

The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold a local public hearing at 6 p.m. Thursday in Sedalia City Council chambers in electric rate cases filed by Kansas City Power & Light Company and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company.

During its pre-meeting Tuesday the Sedalia City Council decided to scrap a proposed project that would bring cameras to railroad crossings affected by the closure of the Washington Avenue bridge.

This list is a sampling of crime in Sedalia and the surrounding area. The information is taken from official police reports, which do not necessarily contain statements from all parties involved in each case.

“As a cattle farmer here in the area, we are having a tremendous time getting feed for our cattle. We also are frustrated with the ethanol situation making our grain prices much, much higher. I ask a question: Would we rather have food or fuel? That is what we are going to be faced with.”

From left, volunteers Levi Fox, Leisa Gero, Ranee Howard, Dee Wade, and Larry Schumaker deliver fans provided by KCP&L on June 28 to the Sedalia Salvation Army. The Salvation Army distributed the fans to residents in need.

Judge Robert L. Koffman heard the following cases during the May 21 Law Day docket, according to Pettis County Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Mittelhauser:

During Friday’s May 25 tornado commemoration event at the First United Methodist Church Celebration Center, stories were told.

Lightning may have been the cause of a power outage Friday morning, according to Kansas City Power and Light.

1. Tornado tears through Sedalia: On May 25, just three days after a tornado decimated Joplin, a funnel cloud touched down about a mile south of Sedalia and moved up U.S. Highway 65, then cut in a northeast path, destroying businesses and homes. Forty Winks and Katy Motors are among the businesses that sustained heavy damage but have since reopened.

The message Wade Norton has stressed since he became principal of Smith-Cotton Junior High, housed in the former high school, is “Your School, Our History.”

Just like everyone else in town I just got another notice from the Sedalia Water Department about those radio doo-dads on the water meter covers. And this letter, while trying to be more professional and precise than the last one, has failed miserably in that endeavor.

A severe overnight thunderstorm downed trees and left large portions of Pettis County without power for much of Friday.