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I watch for great quotes the way kids hunt Easter eggs, eagerly peering around every corner in case a good one is nestled nearby. It’s one of my favorite parts about reading – the way some …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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4/27/26
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You would think a person of my size would have no complaints about food, and for the most part, you would be right.
I like just about every kind of food, which may be why nice people …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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4/27/26
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Author’s note: This is not the content I promised in a previous column, but I hope you enjoy this article.
The Sedalia Sentinel’s pamphlet praising Sedalia printed several articles about the …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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4/27/26
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Republican Senator Jim Justice was getting his head torn off on X, the social media network formerly known as Twitter. In fairness, he probably shouldn’t have used a chicken emoji in his …
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By Liz Schleicher, Contributing Columnist
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4/24/26
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We’ve celebrated another wedding anniversary! It’s hard to believe that we are closing in on a half-century of togetherness, but we are. This year is 42.
One of my favorite …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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4/24/26
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I can’t remember how many years ago I started my habit of playing Wordle every morning. For any non-Wordlers out there, this is an online puzzle that gives players six chances to guess a particular …
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By Debbie Noland
Guest Columnist
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4/24/26
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Pronounce the “a” in Sager as in “Father. Sager is the Hindi and Urdu word for Lake. Excavated in 1562 during the Qutub Shahi Kingdom, this 1,410-acre lake spans the distance …
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By P.C. Thomas
Sedalia Bible Academy
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4/24/26
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Every year on Earth Day, Missourians are reminded to look around and appreciate the natural beauty we’re blessed with, from rolling pastures, to winding streams and the fields that feed our …
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By Garett Hawkins
Guest Columnist
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4/20/26
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I watched a television show on PBS about the Statue of Liberty the other night, which pointed out what the statue has always stood for; today, however, what she stands for is being blocked by those …
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By Jack Miller,
Contributing Columnist
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4/20/26
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Sometimes all you need to get something done — especially something you’re dreading — is another warm body. If you arrange to do that boring, hard thing while another person is nearby working …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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4/20/26
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During my career as a writer, I’ve always enjoyed talking with artists, authors, musicians, and others in the creative fields, so I was delighted to find that Cole Camp Lutheran pastor and author …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney, faith.bemiss@sedaliademocrat.com
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4/20/26
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The motto of Missouri is, “The Welfare of the People Shall Be the Supreme Law.” In the recent city election, Sedalia voters showed how that works.
The majority was in a foul mood, and it had …
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By Doug Kneibert
Contributing Columnist
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4/16/26
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Missouri lawmakers are right to treat the collapse of rural health care as an urgent crisis. Nearly half of the state’s remaining rural hospitals are at risk of closure, and many communities …
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By Ric Ransom
Guest Columnist
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4/16/26
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In case you heard a big thump on Monday, that was the embodiment of the old adage, “How the mighty have fallen.” Not one, but two members of Congress – the do-nothing Congress that’s …
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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4/16/26
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On April 11, 2026, the world stood in transfixed amazement at the successful return of the Artemis II crew. The 10-day mission successfully travelled 252,756 miles away from earth, further than any …
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4/16/26
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When I think about Sedalia, it is always a now-and-then thing with me because I can’t help but compare the Sedalia of now to what I remember it was like back then, when I was young.
One …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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4/13/26
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The Sentinel’s pamphlet praising Sedalia devoted far more space to Sacred Heart Church than to any other church.
The congregation was established in 1880, when German Catholics, then …
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By Rhonda Chalfant
Contributing Columnist
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4/13/26
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In Dale Carnegie’s famous book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” he wrote that you should use a person’s name when you’re talking to them because “…a person’s name is to …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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4/13/26
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With the celebration of America’s 250th birthday around the corner, the Sedalia Symphony is gearing up for a musical celebration with its last concert of the season on Monday, April 20.
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney
Contributing Columnist
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4/13/26
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If you’ve been following along with my column for the past seven years, you’ll know how much I love the outdoors. I grew up on a farm in Illinois, and my upbringing was full of cornfields, …
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By Liz Schleicher
Contributing Columnist
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4/9/26
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