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Police Reports for Oct. 15

Sedalia Police Department

Bothwell to recognize National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day Oct. 15

Bothwell Regional Health Center’s Women’s Health and Newborn Care staff will host a local event to mark National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15.
Josh Payne closes the electric fence after 1,000 sheep pass through to a fresh paddock Sept. 3 at the Payne family farm in Concordia. Payne said that moving 1,000 sheep from paddock to paddock is easier than moving a small number. 


Photo by Cory W MacNeil | Columbia Missourian

Regenerative farming practices require unlearning past advice

Early on a cool September morning, farmer Josh Payne tends to his flock in Concordia, just east of Kansas City.  As Payne opens the gate, about a thousand sheep round the corner and bound into fresh grass.
Only seven of the 24 dispensary licenses issued in June managed to get certified by the Division of Cannabis Regulation on Thursday afternoon. 


Photo by Rebecca Rivas | Missouri Independent

Missouri regulators deny certification for majority of social-equity cannabis license winners

David Huckins, a disabled veteran from Leavenworth, Kan., threw his name into the lottery this spring for a chance to win a social-equity marijuana dispensary license in Missouri.

Rural Missouri groups threaten lawsuit over PFAS in meatpacking sludge

Industrial sludge often offered to Missouri farms as free fertilizer contains “forever chemicals,” several groups threatening to sue the state allege.

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Sedalia Democrat Post-Game Show: Gremlins win Kaysinger Conference Tournament

Sacred Heart soccer players Zander Jackson, Gabe Malacara and Carson Bentch, and coach Dylan Martin join host Jack Denebeim on the Sedalia Democrat Post-Game Show to share their thoughts on the …

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The Heard Memorial Club House, 200 West Broadway is the home of both the Sorosis Women's Club and Helen G. Steele Music Club. The Sorosis meets the first and third Mondays at 1 p.m., and the Helen G. Steele Music Club meets the second and fourth Wednesdays at 1 p.m.


Photo by Chris Howell | Democrat

'Murder Mystery on Broadway' raises money for Heard Memorial Club House maintenance

The Heard Memorial Club House, 200 West Broadway Blvd. was swept back in time to the Roaring ‘20’s for "A Murder Mystery on Broadway," on Tuesday, Oct. 8. 

Police Reports for Oct. 12

Sedalia Police Department

Crash Reports for Oct. 12

Two transported after Morgan County deer strike
Cooper holds her name tag, bedazzled with a pink rhinestone ribbon for breast cancer awareness. Shortly after her diagnosis, her colleagues began wearing them.


Photo by Kayla Nilges | Special to the Democrat

Diagnosed with breast cancer at age 36, Jessie Cooper finally feels like a survivor

Jessie Cooper is third-generation in a legacy no one wants. After watching her grandmother succumb to breast cancer, and her own mother to small-cell lung cancer, Cooper is vigilant about screenings.

Pettis County issues proclamations for 4-H Week, University of Missouri Extension Month

On Tuesday, Oct. 8,  the Pettis County Commission held a ceremony with representatives from the University of Missouri Extension in Pettis County and citizens to present two proclamations and recognize century farms in Pettis County.
Local Sports

Smith-Cotton's historic final four boys basketball team reunites after 50 years

Head coach of the 1972-73 Smith-Cotton boys basketball team Jim Dinsdale speaks at the team’s 50-year reunion at Sedalia Country Club Saturday, Oct. 12. Dinsdale is set to be inducted into the Smith-Cotton Hall of Fame in February.


Photo by Jack Denebeim | Democrat
Nostalgia and reminiscence were in the air at the Sedalia Country Club on Saturday, Oct. 12, as members of the 1972-73 Smith-Cotton boys basketball team gathered for their 50-year reunion.

Lady Tigers finish second at Cap City XC Invitational

The Smith-Cotton girls cross country team placed second at the Capital City Invitational with 77 points Saturday, Oct. 12.

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Education
Bill Brown, Smith-Cotton Class of 1965 graduate and a 2017 inductee into the Smith-Cotton Athletic Hall of Fame, was recognized as the Sedalia School District Foundation’s 2024 Distinguished Alumni honoree in a ceremony Thursday in the Heckart Performing Arts Center.
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Bothwell welcomes two new Family Medicine resident physicians

Bothwell Regional Health Center recently welcomed two new physicians in conjunction with the Bothwell-University of Missouri Rural Family Medicine Residency.
Anna Crumley Nelson, owner and director of Studio A Dance Conservancy, cuts the ribbon on the studio's new facility on Saturday, Sept. 14, iin the Thompson Hills


Shopping Center Photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Special to the Democrat
Studio A Dance Conservancy moves to larger facility
Studio A Dance Conservancy has moved to a new and larger location in Thompson Hills Shopping Center.
Impact Signs Awnings Wraps Inc. is now open at 100 Curry Drive in the Thompson Meadows Industrial Park. Impact's new $10 million facility is 52,000 square feet and sits on a 5.5 acre development. Photo by Chris Howell | Democrat
Impact Signs cuts ribbon on $10 million headquarters
A ribbon cutting celebrated Impact Signs Awnings Wraps Inc.'s newly completed facility at 100 Curry Drive on Thursday, Sept. 5. 
Blue Ramirez opened Don Jose Mexican Buffet at West Main Street and Grand Avenue in July. He said the buffet style allows customers to try items the might not normally order. Photo by Chris Howell | Democrat
Don Jose's Mexican Buffet raises the bar on Main Street
Blue Ramirez and Jose Chivo Ayalo opened Don Jose’s Mexican Buffet, 111 South Grand Ave., in July after the building had sat vacant for seven years.
On Tuesday, Aug. 27, Storm and Susan Sheppard stand in LeMaire's Cajun Catfish restaurant, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2024. The restaurant was started by Susan's grandfather, Frenchie LeMaire, and progressed to her father, Joe LeMaire. Susan and her sister Tina Hiner now own LeMaire's, and her husband Storm manages it.


Photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Democrat
LeMaire's Cajun Catfish celebrates 40 years
A Sedalia family food enterprise is still going strong four decades later, serving Cajun catfish and Louisiana specialties.
Democrat, Star-Journal parent company sold to Carpenter Media Group
Carpenter Media Group and Phillips Media Group announced Friday, Aug. 30 they have reached an agreement for CMG to acquire the Sedalia Democrat and Warrensburg Star-Journal, along with PMG’s other 14 papers spread across Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois.
Ryan Reed, director of operations at Reed & Sons Jewelers in Sedalia, stands beside his diplomas on Tuesday, Aug. 27, at the store. The Independent Jewelers Organization (IJO) recently awarded Reed the title of Master IJO Jeweler Certified Diamond Grader.


Photo by Faith Bemiss-McKinney | Democrat
Ryan Reed of Reed & Sons receives two accreditations
Ryan Reed, director of operations at Reed & Sons Jewelers in Sedalia, was recently awarded two accreditations, Certified Diamond Grader and Certified Gem Lab, through the Independent Jewelers Organization (IJO). The business is owned by his father Charles Reed. 
From the Opinion page
Columnists

Early breast cancer detection leads to better outcomes

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to reflect on prevention, early detection and treatment of breast cancers.

The promise of 2025

The closer we get to 2025, the more I realize that the science fiction comics and other books I read as a kid lied to me. 

Criminal Court busy in 1908-1909

In addition to hearing the murder trial of John Warren, who was charged with shooting Thomas Wilkerson, the Criminal Court was busy during 1908 and 1909.
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