The second time was the charm. Twice. more

The Boys and Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri has expanded its reach by opening its 13th Site on Feb. 12 inside the Sedalia Housing Authority on Saline Street. more

KNOB NOSTER – Music has been at the center of Bill Lane’s life from a young age. With his pianist and violinist mother, Mary Laurie, and singer father, Spencer, music was almost a given in the household. more

State Fair Community College announced its annual National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence Award Recipients for 2024. The 2024 honorees include Bethany Pfeiffer, Director of the Boonville Campus, and Shannon Kammerlohr, adjunct instructor for English. more

Smith-Cotton High School recently earned a Purple Star designation due to its involvement and commitment to U.S. military students and families. more

The State Fair Community College Apprenticeship Program recently presented David Williams, of Otterville, the United States Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship, Journeyman Certificate in Industrial Electrical Maintenance. The certificate was presented at WireCo and by WireCo. Supervisor Gary Scott and SFCC Technical Education Liaison Rochelle Hockett. more

Smithton High School has announced the students named to the honor roll for the fall semester of the 2023-24 school year. more

State Fair Community College announced that Jeremy Pepin has been selected as one of 20 college students named to the prestigious 2024 All-USA Academic Team. Selected from more than 2,200 nominees, Pepin will receive a $5,000 scholarship. more

The Sacred Heart Junior High Speech team participated in and hosted the Junior High Bellarmine Speech Contest on Saturday, Feb. 24, earning six blue ribbons (highest awarded), two red ribbons (second-highest awarded) and one white ribbon (third-highest awarded). more

Rotary Reads is all about taking time to improve the reading skills of kindergartners and first graders. more

SMITHTON – The magic of the yellow brick road, the Emerald City, and Dorothy and her trusty dog Toto will take the stage at Smithton R-VI School next week as students present the musical adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz.” more

The following local students have earned a spot on the University of Central Missouri dean’s list for the 2023 fall semester. more

Again this year, Smith-Cotton High School students will present Theatre for a Cause, benefiting Child Safe of Central Missouri. more

The following local students have been named to the dean’s and president's lists at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. more

A new kind of ensemble will debut at Hart Recital Hall on the University of Central Missouri campus at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27. Free and open to the public, this music performance brings together the talents of UCM Music faculty and students to perform a widely hailed more

Missouri State University awarded 1,417 degrees to students in fall 2023. more

Evangel University in Springfield has announced the students named to the fall 2023 dean’s list. more

First Student Inc., the school bus contractor responsible for taking most local students safely to their schools, is suffering from what is a national problem: a shortage of school bus drivers. more

WARRENSBURG – Longtime sportswriter Sally Jenkins visited the University of Central Missouri on Wednesday, Feb. 21, to speak on her 20-plus years of experience in the field and her latest book. more