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I have little patience with people who tell me there are “two kinds of people in this world, those who . . .”
But I think there are instances where it might be true, such as people who are …
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By Doug Kneibert, Contributing Columnist
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3/19/26
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Is it possible that spring has sprung? I certainly hope that as the days grow longer, they also grow warmer. I’m not foolish, though. I know that spring often plays dirty tricks …
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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3/19/26
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Last week, I wrote about Flock cameras and related technologies, called ALPR (Automated License Plate Readers). I covered the basic workings of ALPRs, their customer base, their presence in Sedalia, …
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By Liz Schleicher
Contributing Columnist
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3/19/26
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A husband once joked, “Before we got married, I couldn’t stop thinking about her. After we got married, I sometimes can’t remember where she is.” The humor resonates because many couples …
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By Dr. Bob Wauchope
Lead Pastor at Maplewood Church
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3/19/26
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There are chirping sounds outside my office window today, and I bet this visiting bird is doing a countdown to the first day of spring. Now and then, I go to the window to see if I can spot her – …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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3/16/26
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Is it just me, or do other people get nostalgic about the places they lived when they were children?
As I have done many times over the years since I lived there, I drove by the old …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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3/16/26
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The Sedalia Sentinel’s pamphlet praising Sedalia devoted a section to education.
The pamphlet boasted that Sedalia’s schools with excellent teachers offered a “more thorough and practical …
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By Rhonda Chalfant
Contributing Columnist
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3/16/26
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March has turned her fickle head, producing snow, high winds and dangerous cold across Sedalia after giving us some delightful days of sunshine, 70-degree temps, and blooming trees and flowers. …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney, faith.bemiss@sedaliademocrat.com
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3/16/26
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Caring for people at Bothwell Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, I notice the same pattern in the clinic every spring as the weather starts to improve here in the Midwest. More patients are coming in …
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By Cade Chiles,
PA-C
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3/16/26
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You might have seen them at the crossroads of Highways 50 and 65, clustered around the entrances to Lowe’s, driving by State Fair Community College or heading into Smith-Cotton High School: …
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By Liz Schleicher
Contributing Columnist
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3/13/26
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This past fall, Democrats shut down the government because the so-called Big, Beautiful Bill cut health care subsidies for the people who fell through the cracks in the Affordable Care Act insurance …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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3/13/26
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Every month, I get a sinking feeling as I walk into the pharmacy. I’m a mom of three looking after kids with complex medical needs, as well as my own, so I’m a familiar face there.
I hold my …
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By Sarah Stolberg
Guest Columnist
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3/13/26
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“I have Jesus, I don’t need the church.” Maybe we’ve never used those exact words, but we’ve believed some form of it. It’s easy to like things Jesus said, yet not like what churches do. …
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By Dr. Jeremiah Greever
Senior Pastor First Baptist Church of Sedalia
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3/13/26
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Pettis County Sheriff's Office
Arrests
March 6
6:50 p.m.: Jamie Cunningham was arrested after Pettis County deputies responded to the 27000 block of Hwy M in Pettis County for a …
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3/9/26
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I was looking through some old pictures today and came across one from my bib overalls and barefoot days.
I was around 10 years old at the time of the picture. It was a time when, for many boys …
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By Jack Miller
Contributing Columnist
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3/9/26
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The Sedalia Sentinel’s 1903-1904 pamphlet about Sedalia recognized businessman Peter Pehl for his belief in Sedalia’s future.
Pehl’s faith in Sedalia’s future had been demonstrated …
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By Rhonda Chalfant
Contributing Columnist
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3/9/26
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Press zero. I still try it when I call a business and a recorded voice answers. It used to help me skip the recorded blah-blah and connect straight to a human operator. But not anymore.
The …
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By Gwen Rockwood
Syndicated Columnist
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3/9/26
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I’ve always loved trees and hate to see them taken down, especially when unnecessary.
At my previous home, several trees had to be cut down because they were dying, and that’s …
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By Faith Bemiss-McKinney, faith.bemiss@sedaliademocrat.com
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3/9/26
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I realized that a U.S. air attack on Iran was underway hours before it happened.
The tipoff was the growl of B-2 engines that I heard very early Saturday morning from my bedroom. I counted four …
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By Doug Kneibert
Contributing Columnist
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3/5/26
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In 2002, four months after September’s attack on the World Trade Center, I listened to the State of the Union address. President Bush said that Iran, North Korea, and Iraq were the “axis of …
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By Deborah Mitchell
Contributing Columnist
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3/5/26
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