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Henry Lamm, who became one of Sedalia’s most well-known attorneys, was born into a family that arrived to the colonies many years before the American Revolution.
The family left the Rhine …
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By Rhonda Chalfant
Contributing Columnist
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8/31/26
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This is our first season to see Monarch butterflies and their caterpillars on our milkweed plants.
We received the plants from the Sedalia Parks and Rec around two years ago during a Monarch …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney
Contributing Columnist
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8/31/26
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If you love nature and appreciate poetry, I have the perfect day trip for you. You can immerse yourself in both with a quick drive just 30 miles west of Sedalia to Warrensburg, MO, where six city …
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By Debbie Noland
Contributing Columnist
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8/27/26
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I cannot say more about Dolly Parton, or anything better, than has been written in the past few days since her death. But I find it difficult not to acknowledge this spectacular woman today. I …
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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8/27/26
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Ad Astra per Aspera, which is a Latin phrase meaning “to the stars through hardships,” has always offered me a glimpse of humanity’s capacity to overcome challenges. I have adored “Star …
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By Dan Brigman
Contributing Columnist
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8/27/26
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More than 300,000 Missourians lost Medicaid coverage . Ninety-two percent of them weren’t found ineligible. They lost coverage because of paperwork.
That number should shape how Missouri …
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By Abby Ehrhardt
Guest Columnist
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8/27/26
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One of the great things about being young and broke is that it forces you into new situations. After my second year of college, I decided I was old enough to get my own apartment and stay in my …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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8/24/26
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When I retired, one of the chores I took over as my way of sharing the housework with my wife was washing the dishes.
I am not talking about just loading a dishwasher and turning a knob to …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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8/24/26
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Mark A. McGruder, a Sedalia attorney, was perhaps known as much for his writings and his public speaking as for his work as a lawyer.
According to the Sedalia Sentinel pamphlet, he was …
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By Rhonda Chalfant
Contributing Columnist
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8/24/26
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As I get older, I think about mortality more often than I did when I was younger, when I believed I was invincible.
My first experience with death was losing a pet, but then I lost my dad …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney
Contributing Columnist
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8/24/26
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Knights of Columbus to host Family Buffet Night
The Knights of Columbus will host its Family Buffet Night from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 1708 Elm Hills Blvd.
The …
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8/24/26
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Last Friday’s Pastor’s Pulpit column, “Unmet Expectations and the MSF,” by Dr. Jeremiah Greever of the First Baptist Church, reminded me of a contest I entered during the Missouri Fair about …
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By P.C. Thomas
Sedalia Bible Academy
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8/20/26
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Dan Brigman’s guest column in the Aug. 7 Democrat interested me. His topic was the decline of reading in America, and why reading and libraries are important.
In its July edition, The Atlantic …
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By Doug Kneibert, Contributing Columnist
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8/20/26
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I had almost forgotten where my happy place is. When health becomes worrisome, and time becomes encumbered with “must do” and “should do,” it’s easy to forget that sometimes, stepping …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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8/20/26
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I am rarely stopped in my tracks. Yet, “Relics of the Brave,” an 1883 painting by Arthur Hacker at Savannah’s Telfair Museum, forced me to pause for a few moments, especially given the …
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By Dan Brigman
Guest Columnist
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8/20/26
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At our house, back-to-school looks like Moving Day. We’ve evolved from cute lunchboxes to U-Haul trailers. By my count, we’ve moved a kid to a dorm or apartment 12 times over the past seven …
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8/17/26
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The Sedalia Sentinel pamphlet printed in 1904 notes that Sedalia “was known far and wide for its musical talent and musical organizations.”
Indeed, Sedalia’s love of music and its musical …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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8/17/26
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It has been many years, but I can still remember how I felt when I went to sea for the first time.
I was a 17-year-old kid who, before boot camp, had never been far from Sedalia, and there …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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8/17/26
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As we all know, it’s been hotter than a solar flare in Sedalia the last few days, and I’m hearing that many people are having difficulty with the heat — with some having medical emergencies.
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney,
Contributing Columnist
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8/17/26
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As summer winds down, back-to-school prep usually means buying school supplies, picking out new clothes and setting earlier alarms. One of the biggest keys to a good school year often gets …
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8/17/26
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