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The Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri has announced Barry Henderson as its interim executive director.  Photo courtesy of the Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri
Boys & Girls Club announces interim executive director
The Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri has announced Barry Henderson as its interim executive director. Henderson, who has served as a BGC Board Member since 2014, will lead the Club while a board member-led search committee continues to interview long-term applicants. more
The late Betty Hopkins stands with Ed Watkins in 2015. Hopkins and Watkins developed the Sedalia FIT Program, which allowed local high school students to have a 40-hour internship with local businesses. File photo by Hope Lecchi | Democrat
Sedalia says goodbye to an educator and humanitarian
Sedalia lost one of its finest this past week with the death of Betty Hopkins, 93, on Monday, Dec. 11. Hopkins was known in the community as an educator, humanitarian, and international ambassador. more
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Missouri school administrators question district scores in second year of new formula
Livingston County R-III was among a litany of school districts last year with a performance report that could have put its accreditation in jeopardy. more
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Ron Wineinger
Ron Wineinger remembered as an inspiration to many in Sedalia
Ronald W. Wineinger, 78, of Sedalia, died Friday, Dec. 15. Wineinger was a passionate educator with a 25-year tenure at State Fair Community College. His vision for the performing arts helped form the foundation for today's theater program. more
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Andy Hoos
SFCC Network, CIS faculty earn additional certifications
State Fair Community College faculty members Andy Hoos and Deaven Kaiser recently earned certifications in their areas of study. more
First Student bus driver Jackie Dellinger has earned praise from her riders and their parents for creating a safe and welcoming atmosphere on her bus. Photo courtesy of Sedalia School District 200
Sedalia 200 bus driver creates connections with riders
On a school bus adorned with Pokémon cards left behind by past students, a Sedalia School District 200 bus driver known to riders and their parents as “Ms. Jackie” is creating a lifelong community. more
During the Dec. 11 Sedalia School District 200 Board of Education meeting, Smith-Cotton senior Parker Ellison was recognized as this year’s recipient of the district-level John T. Belcher Scholarship. With Ellison are School Board President Diana Nichols, left, and Sedalia School District Foundation President Diedre Esquivel. The Foundation provides the $500 local scholarship. Photo courtesy of Sedalia School District 200
Ellison earns district-level Belcher scholarship
Smith-Cotton senior Parker Ellison was selected as the recipient of the Sedalia School District 200 district-level John T. Belcher Scholarship. Ellison will receive $500 and moves on to the regional level of the statewide scholarship program, which is sponsored by the Missouri School Boards Association. more
Washington Elementary School Principal Lisa Volk, who started at the school as a kindergarten teacher in 1994, has announced her retirement, effective at the end of the 2023-24 school year. Photo courtesy of Sedalia School District 200
Washington Elementary Principal Volk announces retirement
Lisa Volk, who has been principal of Washington Elementary School since 2000, has announced her retirement, effective at the end of the current school year. more
Hundreds of SFCC graduates listen to Dean of Health Services Dr. Rhonda Hutton Gann, the 2022 Distinguished Alumni recipient, give the commencement address Friday, May 13, 2022. File photo by Nicole Cooke | Democrat
SFCC to host first fall commencement
State Fair Community College has decided to add a fall commencement ceremony on Dec. 15 for students who have completed commencement requirements during the fall semester. more
Skyline Elementary Principal Kelly McFatrich was just named the 2024 Distinguished Principal by the Missouri Association of Elementary School Principals Central Region. She was surprised with the news in a school assembly Monday, Dec. 11. Photo by Chris Howell | Democrat
Skyline Elementary principal surprised by recognition from peers
Principal Kelly McFatrich of Skyline Elementary knew something was afoot when special guests kept arriving for an end-of-day assembly Monday, Dec. 11. more
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On Monday, Dec. 11, a smiling snowman in the fourth-grade area of Northwest Elementary School in Houstonia sings, "We wish you a Merry Christmas" as one walks by. Northwest staff have decorated the school's hallways for the students for the last five years. Each year, the fun project has grown larger. Photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Democrat
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Northwest Elementary
HOUSTONIA — For Northwest Elementary School in Houstonia, Christmas has come alive with abominable snowmen, Christmas trees, reindeer, lights and snowflakes, and the Jolly' ol Elf himself. more
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Smithton FBLA and the junior high and high school volleyball teams sponsored Pink Week at Smithton School to raise funds for Cancer Perks of Sedalia. A donation of $2517.40 was made to Cancer Perks of Sedalia on behalf of Smithton School. Photo courtesy of Smithton R-VI School District
Photo: Smithton School donates to Cancer Perks
Deputy Larry Parham with the Pettis County Sheriff's Office, with fellow deputies and police officers with the Sedalia Police Department greeted students at Parkview Elementary on "High-five Friday." Photo by Chris Howell | Democrat
Parkview Elementary kids greeted by high fiving heroes
Missouri education board approves emergency rule freeing up money to expand child care
Missouri’s Board of Education changed a rule on Tuesday that had prevented many child care providers from accessing the $26 million in grant funding allocated by lawmakers this year. more
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Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 6, Joni Spalding, the new children's librarian at Boonslick Regional Library, holds a poster for a Saturday, Dec. 9 event featuring National Christmas Card Day. Spalding, originally from Sedalia and a retired educator, took the position in October. Photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Democrat
New Children's Librarian at Boonslick happy to return to Sedalia
Boonslick Regional Library's new Children's Librarian, Joni Spalding, is happy to return to Sedalia and end her career on a high note. She began her new position in October. more
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Skyline Elementary School Food Service workers, from left, Kim Paul, Carianne Chappell and Danielle Edwards serve lunch to kindergarten students in the school's cafeteria. A new menu this school year has prompted an increase in meals served. Photo courtesy of Sedalia School District 200
Rave reviews for Sedalia School District 200 Food Service menu changes
Walk into any school across Sedalia School District 200 and you will hear these words, “Is it lunchtime yet?” more
Karla Eslinger enters the State Board of Education meeting Tuesday, Dec. 5. Eslinger will secede Commissioner of Education Margie Vandeven, the board announced Tuesday. Photo by Annelise Hanshaw | Missouri Independent
Eslinger announced as Missouri’s next commissioner of education
State Sen. Karla Eslinger will be Missouri’s next commissioner of education beginning in June, the State Board of Education announced during its meeting Tuesday, Dec. 5. more
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From left, Larry Michaelsen, Mary McCord and Jaclyn Brandhorst pose for a photo at IBE's 100th company celebration on Friday, Dec. 1 at the University of Central Missouri.
UCM celebrates its 100th IBE company
WARRENSBURG – The University of Central Missouri’s Integrative Business Experience celebrated its 100th company with an event on Friday, Dec. 1 in the Elliott Student Union. more
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The syphon brewer at Chemistry Coffee Co. in Marshall resembles a chemistry experiment with two glass chambers, a filter, and a butane burner. The shop is owned by Smith-Cotton High School chemistry and physics teacher David Meyer and his wife, Erin. Photo courtesy of David Meyer
Marshall coffee shop is a conductor of good taste
Smith-Cotton High School teacher David Meyer loves science so much he creates innovative chemistry and physics labs for students. He has gone one step further by opening a science-themed coffee shop in Marshall. more
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University of Central Missouri President Roger Best speaks at the James C. Kirkpatrick Library Rededication Tuesday, Nov. 28. Other speakers included UCM Executive Director for Governmental Relations David Pearce, UCM Executive Director of the Alumni Foundation Courtney E. Goddard and University Librarian Janette Klein. Photo by Zach Bott | Warrensburg Star-Journal
UCM celebrates rededication of JCKL and GivingTuesday
WARRENSBURG – More than two decades ago, the James C. Kirkpatrick Library at the University of Central Missouri was born. On Tuesday, Nov. 28, the now 24-year-old building hosted a ceremony to celebrate GivingTuesday and new modifications to the building. more
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