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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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Pettis County Commissioners Israel Baeza, left, and Bill Taylor and Jim Marcum, on right, welcome newly-appointed Pettis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Anthony Farkas, center, as he is sworn into office Tuesday, Feb. 20. Photo courtesy of the Pettis County Commission
Farkas appointed as Pettis County Prosecuting Attorney
Tuesday, Feb. 20, the Pettis County Commission appointed Robert Anthony Farkas as the new Pettis County Prosecuting Attorney, effective immediately, for a term ending when his successor is elected or appointed and qualified by Gov. Mike Parson. more
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Dr. Olivia Bloom owns the Sedalia Spay and Neuter Clinic, 214 W. Main St. The clinic will host the 100 Pet Challenge on Saturday, Feb. 24, offering 100 free pet alterations. File photo by Chris Howell | Democrat
Spay and Neuter Clinic to host 100 free spay/neuter event Saturday
The Sedalia Spay and Neuter Clinic, 214 W. Main St., has the ambitious goal of providing 100 free pet alterations Saturday, Feb. 24. more
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Absentee voting begins for April 2 municipal election
Tuesday, Feb. 20 is the first day of absentee voting for the April 2 General Municipal Election. more
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On Tuesday morning, Jan. 9, this street at 11th Street and Hancock Avenue remains covered with snow after the first snowfall of 2024. File photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Democrat
Missouri State Highway Patrol gives tips for safe winter driving
Although it has felt like spring the last several weeks, Missouri is in the middle of the winter season. With potential snow in the Friday, Feb. 16 forecast, the Missouri State Highway Patrol has provided safety tips for driving in winter weather. more
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Nate Ahern and his wife, Rhonda (pictured in January), along with other realtors from their Premier Realty office, attended the Chiefs' victory parade Wednesday, Feb. 14. Ahern, who retired in January from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, helped render aid to victims of the shooting after the parade. File photo by Chris Howell | Democrat
Local realtors eyewitness to Super Bowl parade shooting
Wednesday, Feb. 14, a team of Sedalia realtors drove to the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade in Kansas City. more
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At Tuesday's Sedalia Police Awards Ceremony, Interim Chief David Woolery presents Detective Ty Barrett with the 2024 Officer of the Year Award. Barrett is team leader with the Special Response Team and often serves as "breacher." Photo by Chris Howell | Democrat
Sedalia Police awards honor thin blue line
The Sedalia Police Department hosted its annual awards ceremony Tuesday evening, Feb. 13 at the First United Methodist Church. more
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Yeager Cycles General Manager Dave Skrzypczak sells a lot of protective gear, especially helmets, to motorcycle riders. Motorcycle deaths are up in Missouri in  recent years due to the repeal of helmet laws. Photo by Chris Howell | Democrat
MoDOT study: Missouri roadway fatalities dip slightly in 2023
Data on 2023 traffic deaths in Missouri shows fewer people died on roadways than the previous year. more
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The public tours of the Central wastewater facility on Thursday, Feb. 1 (pictured) and Saturday, Feb. 3 may have helped convince Sedalia voters to approve Tuesday's wastewater bond measure. Mayor Andrew Dawson and City Administrator Kelvin Shaw were available during the tours to explain the need for the $60 million renovation project. File photo by Chris Howell | Democrat
City gets overwhelming approval for wastewater bond measure
On Tuesday, Feb. 6, Sedalia voters overwhelmingly passed a $60 million bond measure that will allow the City of Sedalia to borrow reduced interest money for the mammoth infrastructure project. more
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Sedalia voters approve sewer bond question in Feb. 6 special election
City of Sedalia voters overwhelmingly approved the sole question on the Feb. 6 special election ballot. more
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Ward 4 Councilman Steve Bloess, left, signed a letter of support with Pettis County Presiding Commissioner Bill Taylor to oppose proposed landfills in Pettis County. Jack Robinson of Ward 1 also signed the letter to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Photo by Chris Howell | Democrat 
Sedalia City Councilors support county's opposition to proposed landfills
At Monday evening’s Sedalia City Council meeting in the miscellaneous items portion, Ward 1 Councilman Jack Robinson brought up a legal notice published in a recent edition of the Sedalia Democrat. more
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Monday morning, Feb. 5, Marilyn Grechus, vice president of Church Women United, places a memorial heart on the Helping Hands display at the Pettis County Public Administrator's Office. Each February, Public Administrator Charli Ackerman collects donations for clients in the program. CWU donated to the cause on Monday, Feb. 5. Photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Democrat
Helping Hearts is a positive community outreach
An annual heartfelt program has launched at the Pettis County Administrator's Office and is already receiving donations for its clients. more
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Former state Rep. Dean Dohrman serves as the emcee for Pettis County McKinley Day in June 2021. Dohrman died Friday, Feb. 2 at age 64. File photo by Nicole Cooke | Democrat
Former state Rep. Dohrman remembered for kindness, wit, community devotion
Dr. Dean A. Dohrman, a Pettis County Republican who served in the Missouri House of Representatives and as the County Assessor, died Friday, Feb. 2 at the age of 64. more
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Sedalia business owner pleads guilty to failure to pay employment tax
A Sedalia business owner pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday, Feb. 1 to failing to pay nearly $136,000 in employment taxes he withheld from his employee’s paychecks. more
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The Missouri Democratic Party announced its presidential primary plan for voters with two options, a mail-in ballot or in-person voting on March 23.  Photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Democrat
Democratic Party announces presidential primary plan for voters

Information provided by the Missouri Democratic Party announces the plan for the presidential primary.

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Burns and McDonnell engineer Jeff Barnard gives a tour of the Central wastewater plant Thursday, Feb. 1 to explain the process of turning dirty water clean. Photo by Chris Howell | Democrat
City offers tours of Central wastewater plant ahead of bond election
The City of Sedalia has a wastewater bond issue in the Tuesday, Feb. 6, special election to be hosted for Sedalia citizens at the Pettis County Clerk’s office. more
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Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek stopped by the Pettis County Commission Chambers on Thursday to promote Feb. 1 as Unclaimed Property Day. Malek is trying to return $1.2 billion to rightful owners in Missouri. Photo by Chris Howell | Democrat
State Treasurer Malek: 'Come get your (unclaimed) money'
Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek swept through Sedalia on Thursday, Feb. 1 on a mission to return more than $1 billion in unclaimed property to Missouri citizens. It’s a good problem to have, but still a problem as unclaimed funds end up as the treasurer’s responsibility. more
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Bothwell selected for state’s ToRCH pilot program
After months of work, a new program led by Bothwell Regional Health Center designed to connect people with health and well-being resources has launched. more
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MoDOT employees Josh Girard, Adam Dove and Taylor Batman save Sedalia citizens by filling East Broadway Boulevard potholes with cold-mix tar Tuesday, Jan. 30. Broadway became full of potholes over the last few weeks due to recent winter storms bringing snow, ice and below-freezing temperatures. The Missouri Department of Transportation maintains Highways 50 and 65 in Pettis County, while other county and local roads fall to the responsibility of the City of Sedalia or Pettis County. To report road issues, residents can visit modot.org/report-road-concern for MoDOT, visit pettiscomo.com/highway for Pettis County, or call 660-827-7820 for Sedalia. Photo by Chris Howell | Democrat
Photo: MoDOT crews patch East Broadway potholes
Traffic stop, warrants see three arrested for fentanyl trafficking

A long term investigation culminated in the three arrests for methamphetamine and fentanyl. 

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