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The Sedalia Sentinel’s pamphlet praising Sedalia identifies three bookstores in the city in 1903-1904.
The oldest of these stores was Dexter’s Book Store, opened by Captain Charles Dexter in …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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2/23/26
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I am not writing this to complain about how old I am; I am just happy to still be around.
I think that is the way most older people feel about their age, because as much as we think …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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2/23/26
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About a week ago, I got a text from a close friend saying she was embarrassed that I saw her sunroom in its current state when I took care of her dogs while she was out of town. I rewound my internal …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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2/23/26
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This past week, we fell in love with Punch, an abandoned baby monkey in a Japanese zoo that found comfort in an orange orangutan plushie.
Little Punch or Punchi-kun in Japanese, a small Japanese …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney
Contributing Columnist
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2/23/26
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It’s dated news by now, but its importance deserves another look.
I’m referring to the illegal Chinese national who was caught spying outside Whiteman Air Force Base back in December.
A …
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By Doug Kneibert, Contributing Columnist
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2/20/26
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Life puts us in interesting places when we never expect it.
For instance, who knew that I would be in Afghanistan in 2013? Afghanistan? Really? And I had no idea that two …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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2/20/26
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It started the way all my debates start, with me running my mouth on Twitter. Scrolling through the endless drama and negativity on the day before Lent began, I threw out a one-off post: “For some …
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By Liz Schleicher, Contributing Columnist
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2/20/26
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Every year, sometime in mid or late winter, the Church enters the season of Lent. It is a time of preparation for Christ’s resurrection. Lent is not about gloomy religion or public displays of …
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By Rev. Anne Meredith Kyle
Calvary Episcopal and Christ-Trinity Lutheran Churches
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2/20/26
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State Fair Community College will receive $6 million in federal funding to build a Workforce Training Center for Agriculture Advancement on the college’s 200-acre farm.
Rep. Mark Alford, …
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2/16/26
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According to the 1882 History of Pettis County, sometime during the Civil War Louis Kumm came to Sedalia and opened a store selling guns and ammunition. His store also sold jewelry, indicating a …
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By Rhonda Chalfant
Contributing Columnist
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2/16/26
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First, I would like to assure everyone that I am not one of those Chiefs fans who could be described as a fanatic; I do, however, follow them closely.
I am the kind of fan who will be more …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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2/16/26
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I made you something for Valentine’s Day. It took years, and I almost gave up. But I finally finished, wrapped it in a yellow cover, and put a big pink heart on it, just in time for February 14th. …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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2/16/26
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It’s really difficult for everyone, including me, to own our mistakes and to say I’m sorry.
This week alone, I’ve made several mistakes and had to apologize — I didn’t like to …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney
Contributing Columnist
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2/16/26
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Pain. Everyone experiences it in one way or another.
As a family medicine physician, I am invested in improving the quality of my patients’ lives. This desire is what led me to study …
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By Stephanie Schirding, MD
Bothwell Regional Health Center
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2/16/26
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When I was a single girl, without a sweetheart or even prospects of one, Valentine’s Day was one long nightmare. Television commercials for engagement rings, heart-shaped, chocolate-filled …
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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2/12/26
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Twice in the past week, I’ve dreamed vividly of gardens. Ethereal backyard gardens featuring forests of dill, towering, twenty-foot sunflowers, basil so perfect it was sparkling, and superabundant …
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By Liz Schleicher, Contributing Columnist
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2/12/26
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For the first half of this decade, Missouri Farm Bureau (MOFB) was relentless in calling attention to the perilous path our nation was headed down in terms of energy policy. The Biden administration …
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By Garrett Hawkins
Guest Columnist
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2/12/26
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Wine and Valentine's Day are a classic romantic pairing, with traditions dating back to Saint Valentine, and popular choices include celebratory sparkling wines (Sekt, Lambrusco, Moscato, Champagne, …
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By Turf Martin, Guest Columnist
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2/12/26
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A counselor once observed that most marriages don’t collapse because of one dramatic betrayal or blowout argument. Instead, they erode slowly through a thousand small cuts made by careless words. …
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By Pastor Bob Wauchope
Lead pastor of Maplewood Church
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2/12/26
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Sometimes I wake up on Saturday, and I feel a little cheated; I think that is because the importance of Saturday and the rest of the weekend seems diminished since I no longer have to clock in at a …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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2/9/26
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