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The National Register of Historic Places recognizes places “that are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.” Since the …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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7/13/22
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All kids love summer vacation. Parents, on the other hand, often struggle to keep up with them and it presents a number of challenges.
If a parent doesn’t have a grandparent or someone to …
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By Stephanie Lefevers, Contributing Columnist
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7/13/22
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Last week, my boyfriend and I made our annual trek to Michigan for the Fourth of July weekend. Each summer, the entirety of his dad’s side of the family (we’re talking dozens of people) …
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By Nicole Cooke, ncooke@sedaliademocrat.com
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7/13/22
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The question keeps reverberating in my mind: what was he thinking?
I’m not talking about Donald Trump or Joe Biden, but Eric Greitens, who wants to be Missouri’s next senator. The …
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By Doug Kneibert, Contributing Columnist
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7/13/22
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Writing about Supreme Court decisions is tantamount to condensing an 800-page textbook into 700 words. It’s nigh onto impossible. But because the Court recently announced it would hear a …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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7/13/22
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I’m so thankful to live in America and proud to be an American. I have traveled to other countries, Kenya, Haiti, Scotland, England, India, Canada, and Islands in the Caribbean. While …
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By Pastor Don Satterwhite, Calvary Baptist Church
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7/13/22
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It’s important to know how to recognize a poison ivy rash. It’s not bumpy like measles or spotty like chicken pox but it’s just as miserable.
Poison ivy or poison oak …
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By Billie Long, Master Gardener
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7/13/22
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Our editor, Nicole Cooke, took us into the 4th of July weekend with a very insightful and heartfelt column. She pointed out that most of us have developed such a one-tracked mindset that we have …
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By Stephanie Lefevers, Contributing Columnist
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7/5/22
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Since the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) was established in 1966 as a listing of significant buildings, structures, sites, and objects, twenty-three Pettis County properties have been …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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7/5/22
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It feels like the world is on fire these days. No one can agree or find a compromise. Not only is common ground becoming harder and harder to find, but it seems that most people have lost interest in …
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We have been on the road this past week, traveling to Florida for my nephew’s wedding, and coincidentally, a happy reunion of sorts. It’s been a momentous trip!
First, …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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7/2/22
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“How can you expect to pass this class if you don’t do the reading?”
Do you remember a high school teacher or college professor yelling that at you? Holding up a book and …
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By Liz Schleicher, Contributing Columnist
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7/2/22
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The United States of America will be 245 years old this Fourth of July. Many men and women have sacrificed much including their lives just to give us the freedoms we enjoy today. In 1776, the …
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By Jonathan Wallenbeck, Associate Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church of Sedalia
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7/1/22
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What a whirlwind of a week surrounding the Supreme Court!
As of this writing, we have seen the SCOTUS overturn Roe v. Wade and rule in favor of Joseph Kennedy in Kennedy v. Bremerton School …
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By Stephanie Lefevers, Contributing Columnist
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6/29/22
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On Friday, the Supreme Court made it official — Roe v. Wade has been overturned, there’s no constitutional right to abortion.
Actually, there never was, for Roe was based on one of …
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By Doug Kneibert, Contributing Columnist
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6/29/22
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Last week’s column identified the National Register of Historic Places as a list of historic buildings, structures, sites, and objects that have significance in national, state, or local …
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By Rhonda Chalfant, Contributing Columnist
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6/29/22
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As I work through my final days as superintendent of Sedalia School District 200, I have been focused on what is ahead and how our community can help forge a positive path for our students, staff and …
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By Steve Triplett, Guest Columnist
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6/25/22
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My paternal grandmother would have been 92 this week.
She was a beautiful old woman with curly white hair, piercing blue eyes, and a sly, puckering smile that she passed on to her sons and …
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By Liz Schleicher, Contributing Columnist
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6/24/22
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What a week.
I’m still watching the January 6 hearings, and I am still sad – and angry – about what I am hearing, and not just because the insurrection happened. I am sad …
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By Deborah Mitchell, Contributing Columnist
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6/24/22
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Is there a more important question in life than how to live purposefully? Everyone wants their life to matter, but how can we know that we’ve lived purposefully? What makes a life well lived?
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By Pastor Jeremiah Greever
Founders Midwest Committee Co-Chair
Senior Pastor First Baptist Church of Sedalia
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6/23/22
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