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Three vying for two SFCC board seats
Three candidates are vying for two seats on the State Fair Community College Board of Trustees in the April 2 municipal election. more
Three vying for two seats on Green Ridge school board
Three candidates are running for two seats on the Green Ridge Board of Education, a three-year term, in the April 2 municipal election. more
On Saturday, March 9 at the FIRST Robotics Central Missouri Regional, Smith-Cotton's Team SCREAM joined forced with Wentzville Ratchet Rockers for the win, ensuring the teams move on to the FIRST World Championships next month in Houston. From left, Parker Ellison, Morgan Withers, Parker Brown, Ziek Barth-Fagan, Jaimeson Severa and Nolan Frankum. Photo by Chris Howell | Democrat
Team SCREAM wins Central Missouri Regional
The second time was the charm. Twice. more
The Boys and Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri opened its 13th Site on Feb. 12 at the Sedalia Housing Authority on Saline Street. From left Club members Alex Walden, 16, Mackynzie Miller, 12, Ariel Edmisten, 6, and Site Director Makenzie Van Der Linden pose for a photo on Thursday, March 7. Photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Democrat
Boys and Girls Clubs open new site
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
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French horn player Bill Lane demonstrates how to play the introduction to the show “Little House on the Prairie” on Thursday, Feb. 15, in Knob Noster. Photo by Zach Bott | Star-Journal
French horn player reflects on music career from New York to LA to Knob Noster
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
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Smith-Cotton earns Purple Star designation
Smith-Cotton High School recently earned a Purple Star designation due to its involvement and commitment to U.S. military students and families. more
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Brent Bates, a Sedalia Rotary Club member and president of State Fair Community College, reads to Dani Gerke's kindergarten class at Horace Mann Elementary School on Monday, March 4. Bates read "Just Like Dad" for the annual Rotary Reads Program. Photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Democrat
Sedalia Rotarians read to elementary students
Rotary Reads is all about taking time to improve the reading skills of kindergartners and first graders. more
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Thursday, Feb. 29, during rehearsal for the musical “The Wizard of Oz,” Smithton R-VI student Izzy Brown, who portrays Dorothy, sings the classic song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Smithton students from grades three through 12 will present the musical on March 8 and 9. Photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Democrat
Smithton students to present ‘The Wizard of Oz’
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
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Smith-Cotton High School theatre students hit the floor during dress rehearsal Tuesday night, Feb. 27 for the one-act play, "Lockdown." S-C students, from left, are Tucker Johnson, Maddison Medlock, Emma Gray, and Elinor Beard. The play is the annual presentation of Theatre for a Cause, with proceeds going to Child Safe of Central Missouri.  Photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Democrat
Smith-Cotton students to present Theatre for a Cause
Again this year, Smith-Cotton High School students will present Theatre for a Cause, benefiting Child Safe of Central Missouri. more
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First Student contract manager Connie Miller said the company offers great training and employment for reliable people. Many people, however, are taking the free CDL training First Student offers and hitting the road. Photo by Chris Howell | Democrat
School bus drivers get CDL training, quickly take other jobs
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
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On Wednesday, Feb. 21, Jake Gieschen, left, and RJ Lindstrom unveil the plans for the new 30,000-square-foot Teen Center for the Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri, to be located on East Third Street. Gieschen and Lindstrom are the co-chairs of the BGC Capital Campaign, which has already raised $4.2 million for the facility. Photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Democrat
Boys & Girls Clubs unveils Teen Center plan
On Wednesday, Feb. 21, the Boys & Girls Clubs of West Central Missouri unveiled its plan to build a 30,000-square-foot Teen Center near downtown Sedalia. The Bold Vision, Bright Future Capital Campaign has already raised $4.2 million. more
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On Tuesday, Feb. 20, Shelby Dotson, on left, and Karli Smith, on the right, both seniors and FFA members at Pettis County R-V Northwest High School in Hughesville, help pack meals for food insecure students in the county. FFA students from Hughesville, La Monte, Green Ridge, and Smithton helped pack 15,000 meals during the second annual event. Photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Democrat
Pettis County FFA students pack food for a cause
HUGHESVILLE — For the second year, Pettis County FFA students are looking out for fellow youth with food insecurities. On Tuesday, Feb. 20, 40 students packed 15,000 meals during the FFA Meal Packing Event at Pettis County R-V Northwest High School in Hughesville. more
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From left, Cadet Corps group commander Logan Hutchens, Senior Aerospace Science Instructor and coach Mark Talley, and CyberPatriot program coordinator Nathan Wiltrout pose for a photo in front of a flight simulator on Friday, Feb. 9, at Knob Noster High School. Photo by Zach Bott | Warrensburg Star-Journal
TRIAD AFJROTC’s Komputer Kernels head to nationals for second year in a row
KNOB NOSTER – TRIAD AFJROTC CyberPatriot team Komputer Kernels will return to the CyberPatriot National Finals in March in Bethesda, Maryland, hoping to come away with the crown that got away from them last year. more
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Amanda Jackson, seen Friday, Feb. 16 at the Heckart Performing Arts Center at Smith-Cotton High School, has been named principal of Washington Elementary beginning July 1. Jackson is currently assistant principal at Heber Hunt Elementary. Photo by Chris Howell | Democrat
Jackson named principal at Washington Elementary
On Monday night, Feb. 12, the Sedalia School District 200 Board of Education approved the promotion of Amanda Jackson to principal at Washington Elementary School, effective July 1. more
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Derrick Willis, a member of Smith-Cotton High School's Class of 1980, shares comments with the crowd during his induction into the school's Academic Hall of Fame on Friday, Feb. 9, in the S-C gym. Photo courtesy of Sedalia School District 200
Willis inducted into S-C Academic Hall of Fame

With a desire to help others, Derrick Willis is honored with the SCHS Academic Hall of Fame award.

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Smith-Cotton High School Band student Gabriel Toderescu-Stavila, a sophomore, plays his English horn during class on Wednesday, Feb. 14. Toderescu-Stavila and fellow band member Holden Fox, a junior, were selected for State Band in January. Photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Democrat
Two S-C students selected for State Band honor
Two Smith-Cotton High School band students were honored in January by being selected to play in a state band performance. more
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Missouri State Reps. Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, and Brad Hudson, R-Cape Fair, present bills to the House Special Committee on Education Reform Monday afternoon. Photo by Annelise Hanshaw | Missouri Independent
Expansion of tax-credit scholarships faces criticism of Missouri homeschoolers
Organizations representing homeschool families raised concerns about legislation debated Monday seeking to expand a tax credit program that helps pay for students to attend private and religious schools. more
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University of Central Missouri Piano Area Coordinator and Director of the Community Music Program Dr. Mia Kim rehearses on Tuesday, Jan. 30, at the Weill Recital Hall inside Carnegie Hall in New York. Photo courtesy of Dr. Mia Kim
Dr. Mia Kim reflects on Carnegie Hall performance, teaching at UCM
WARRENSBURG – Mia Kim’s career has taken her to places she wouldn’t have believed growing up. Traveling to places like Greece, Spain and Serbia for work, Kim, the University of Central Missouri Piano Area Coordinator and Director of the Community Music Program, could only dream of going to some of these places. more
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UCM targeted with attempted cyber breach
WARRENSBURG – The University of Central Missouri experienced an attempted cyber breach this week that has been discovered to be part of a “regional attack.” more
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Monday morning, Feb. 5, St. Louis musician Royce Martin, 23, an artist-in-residence with the Scott Joplin International Ragtime Foundation, points to a Sacred Heart School student as they answer a question about ragtime music. Martin presented a 9:30 a.m. concert at the school and planned to be at Skyline Elementary in the afternoon. Photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Democrat
Ragtime musician Royce Martin visits Sedalia schools

St. Louis ragtime musician Royce Martin entertains Sedalia Feb. 5-9. 

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