The Sedalia Police Department is looking for civic-minded citizens for its 2023 Citizen’s Police Academy.
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By Chris Howell
chrish@sedaliademocrat.com
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8/29/23
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With more new businesses drawing traffic to downtown Sedalia, a proposal to change some of the parking and street directions downtown is gaining favor with local businesses.
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By Chris Howell chrish@sedaliademocrat.com
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8/25/23
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As the last holiday of the summer season approaches, gas prices are falling slightly this week, although they are still higher than a month ago.
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By Democrat Staff
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8/25/23
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A Sedalia man has been charged after an altercation involving a gun at a local bar left another man injured last week.
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By Democrat Staff
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8/24/23
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This article has been corrected since the original print version
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By Chris Howell
chrish@sedaliademocrat.com
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8/23/23
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Looking toward the comfort of sensory-sensitive patients, the Pettis County Ambulance District is rolling out a specialized kit to meet those needs this week.
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By Faith Bemiss
fbemiss@sedaliademocrat.com
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8/23/23
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Sedalia has seen extreme heat the last few days, sending heat indexes into the danger zone — an intense high-humidity heat causing eyeglasses to fog over while outside and window panes and people alike to sweat buckets.
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By Faith Bemiss
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8/23/23
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Sedalia School District 200 students are getting a few more days of summer vacation after the district announced on Tuesday, Aug. 22 that it is rescheduling the first day of school.
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By Democrat Staff
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8/22/23
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Pettis County 911 dispatch has a big problem. Three big problems, really. Three local callers who have bothered 911 hundreds of times, wasting the emergency dispatchers’ time and clogging valuable lines with nonsensical, rambling phone calls.
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By Chris Howell chrish@sedaliademocrat.com
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8/22/23
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On Thursday, Aug. 17, the Sedalia Police Department in cooperation with the Missouri State Highway Patrol Division of Drug and Crime Control, the Missouri Information Analysis Center and the Department of Homeland Security joined forces on a prostitution sting intended to fight human trafficking.
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By Chris Howell
chrish@sedaliademocrat.com
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8/21/23
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At 5:31 a.m. Sunday morning, Aug. 13, Pettis County Fire Protection District personnel and Pettis County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to the 100 block of Villa Drive for a structure fire.
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By Chris Howell
chrish@sedaliademocrat.com
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8/15/23
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During the Opening Day Ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 10, it was announced that Pettis County is now an Agri-Ready Designated County.
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By Nicole Cooke
ncooke@sedaliademocrat.com
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8/11/23
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The 121st Missouri State Fair is now underway, celebrating agriculture with the theme “Where Traditions Grow.”
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By Nicole Cooke
ncooke@sedaliademocrat.com
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8/10/23
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Wednesday, Aug. 9 was the final day of swimming at Centennial Pool, a Sedalia landmark most people remember as being in the same location at East 16th Street and New York Avenue for half a century. But Sedalia Parks and Recreation Director Amy Epple told the Democrat that just isn’t so.
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By Chris Howell chrish@sedaliademocrat.com
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8/9/23
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Senior women took to the court Sunday, Aug. 6 as Granny Basketball League games were played at the Heckart Community Center.
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By Chris Howell chrish@sedaliademocrat.com
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8/7/23
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Chance meetings are sometimes the best meetings of all. And so it was for a French cyclist who stopped in Sedalia on Sunday, Aug. 6 and accidentally met bicycle enthusiast Dr. Doug Kiburz, an orthopedic surgeon at Bothwell Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, who enjoys riding 1880-era high-wheel bikes.
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By Faith Bemiss
fbemiss@sedaliademocrat.com
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8/7/23
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A traffic stop and three warrant services Wednesday, Aug. 2 led to the arrests of nine individuals and the seizure of methamphetamine, fentanyl and other dangerous drugs.
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by Chris Howell
chrish@sedaliademocrat.com
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8/3/23
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The Missouri Public Service Commission has ordered all Missouri utilities, including Evergy, to make the switch to time-based rate plans in order to combat the high demand for energy during peak times.
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Grace Fugate
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8/3/23
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