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Sedalia

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Man Beat 3-Year Old to Death, Blames it on Hit-and-Run Driver

    ​Out in Morgan County, Missouri, between Jefferson City and Sedalia, police were faced with an easily-solved puzzle. They'd been called to the scene of a hit-and-run driver on Highway 135, where Blake Litton, 3, had allegedly darted into the road and been killed by truck around 5:10 a.m. on Thursd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    KKK Fliers Found on MLK Day -- Or Is it Robert E. Lee Day?

    Robert E. Lee's 1863 portrait. ​Residents in several neighborhoods in Sedalia, Missouri, found fliers promoting the Ku Klux Klan on Monday morning, which happened to be the observed holiday to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, who was born January 15, 1929.But three states - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Tough Going at the Missouri State Fair

    ​Man! First Lynryd Skynyrd canceled their show last week for health reasons, and now the power's out at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia.Last night, a storm knocked over trees, power lines, tents and concession stands at the fairgrounds. The grounds are closed to the public this morning, but far ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Making Paula Deen Proud: The Butter Sculpture Art of State Fairs

    Wikimedia CommonsButter sculpture of of a dragon. We call her Margereene. ​The Missouri State Fair's kicks off this Thursday in Sedalia. Where there's a fair, there's one thing for certain: Butter sculptures. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Iowa State Fair's annual butter sculp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Tornadoes Preempt Oprah Farewell on KSDK -- Oh, the Humanity!

    Oprah Winfrey said goodbye to America yesterday -- but she'll say goodbye to St. Louis viewers today.​For a TV station reliant on advertising -- and viewers' goodwill -- the timing couldn't have been worse.Just as talk show icon Oprah Winfrey was preparing to say goodbye to her millions of devoted ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 12, 2011

    St. Louis Art Capsules

    Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

  • Culture

    May 12, 2011

    Featured Review: Honor Awards 2011

    Jessica Baran encapsulates the St. Louis art scene

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Puppy Mill Pushback: Bill to Gut Prop B Advances in Missouri House

    Kase WickmanThe legislature could undo the measure that anti-puppy mill groups spent more than $4 million to push to voters.​A bill that would repeal key provisions of the voter-approved Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act, better known as Proposition B, sailed through a committee of the Missouri Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    What a Boner! Sign Prankster Creates Valentine's Day Taste Sensation

    The recent winter storms smacked central Missouri a lot harder than St. Louis, giving people in towns like Sedalia time to ponder how to celebrate a day of love once the ice thawed. Perhaps a trip to the local Russell Stover Outlet Store would be the place to start. @SummerStormD via TwitterStrawb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    UPDATE: Last of the Steam-Powered Trains May Puff Into Town -- If You Cast Your Vote

    image viaThe ol' 844 steams down the track.​Update, January 18: The Little Rock Express beat out the Tuscola Turn, 76,217 votes to 73,175. Daily RFT apologizes to Tuscolans who cannot take a little trash-talking in the name of friendly competition. -------- The nineteenth century was definit ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2010

    Feeling Fair?

    image viaThe ol' 844 steams down the track.​Update, January 18: The Little Rock Express beat out the Tuscola Turn, 76,217 votes to 73,175. Daily RFT apologizes to Tuscolans who cannot take a little trash-talking in the name of friendly competition. -------- The nineteenth century was definit ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 19, 2010

    A guide to the things you just don't want to miss this summer

    image viaThe ol' 844 steams down the track.​Update, January 18: The Little Rock Express beat out the Tuscola Turn, 76,217 votes to 73,175. Daily RFT apologizes to Tuscolans who cannot take a little trash-talking in the name of friendly competition. -------- The nineteenth century was definit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Missouri's Pettis County Bans K2 Synthetic Marijuana

    Image via Wikipedia​Let the fake reefer madness continue: Pettis County -- located about 75 miles southwest of Columbia -- became the first municipality in America to ban the synthetic marijuana product K2 yesterday.The AP picked up the story this morning from the Sedalia Democrat:Prosecuting Atto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    Throwback of the House: Apricot Salad Ruins Teeth, Christmas

    On Christmas Eve, work was the last thing on my mind. My husband, daughter and I were in Sedalia, Missouri, with my parents, bracing for the incoming snowpocalypse and preparing for the next day's food orgy to honor Baby Jesus.Robin Wheeler​My mom, Maxine, held a yellowed index card with a hand-w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    The Popular Click: Daily RFT's Biggest Posts of 2009

    This is a medium-sized post, so it wouldn't make the cut.​We began 2009 with a new name for this blog (it used to go by "Stlog" if you remember) and yada-yada-yada now we are in December, looking back on, oh about 2,391 posts. Here -- in no specific order -- are the ten most popular posts of '09. ... More >>

  • News

    September 16, 2009

    They're crying noise pollution in New Town, but at Vintage Vinyl last week the music couldn't have been loud enough during its Beatles Day celebration

    This is a medium-sized post, so it wouldn't make the cut.​We began 2009 with a new name for this blog (it used to go by "Stlog" if you remember) and yada-yada-yada now we are in December, looking back on, oh about 2,391 posts. Here -- in no specific order -- are the ten most popular posts of '09. ... More >>

  • News

    September 9, 2009

    RFT readers wonder whether administrators at a Sedalia high school are still living in the Paleolithic era

    This is a medium-sized post, so it wouldn't make the cut.​We began 2009 with a new name for this blog (it used to go by "Stlog" if you remember) and yada-yada-yada now we are in December, looking back on, oh about 2,391 posts. Here -- in no specific order -- are the ten most popular posts of '09. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Customers Going Ape Over Banned Band T-Shirts Depicting Evolution

    sedaliademocrat.com​A Daily RFT post last week about a Sedalia, Missouri, high school that prohibited its band members from wearing T-shirts of apes and Neanderthals carrying musical instruments, generated dozens of comments from readers.Now comes word that the T-shirt that offended some of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Evolution T-Shirts on Trial in Missouri Town

    SedaliaDemocrat.com.The shirt as it appears on the website for the Sedalia Democrat.​ The Scopes Monkey Trial was decided 84 years ago this past July, but in Sedalia, Missouri, you'd think it's the summer of 1925 again.

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    St. Louis Designers Mix Vintage Hot Rods and High-End Man-Fashion

    TRIM​It must be said that most people's idea of hot-rod fashion comes from the Fonz and the "Go Greased Lightning" number in the movie Grease, that is, leather jackets and shop-class jumpsuits, both worn over plain white undershirts.It must also be said that the most lingering image of an attempt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Recession Buster: Fiddle Fer Dollars at the Missouri State Fair

    This just in from the Missouri State Fair, attention fiddlers -- or just out-of-work violinists -- out there, you can win some cool cash by performing, one month from today, your best hoedown, waltz and a tune-of-choice at the Missourah Missouri State Fair. Missouri State Fair News FOR IMME ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Woodstock (or Altamont) in the Ozarks -- The 35th Anniversary

    ozarkmusicfestivalexhibit.comThe Ozark Music Festival kicked off 35 years ago last Saturday, July 18, at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia. Concert promoters had assured Sedalians that they would be hosting a "soft rock" festival with 50,000 spectators.Instead, 160,000 people (and that's a c ... More >>

  • News

    May 20, 2009

    Summertime St. Louis: Can't Miss, Won't Miss. Your guide to a successful, fun-filled summer.

    ozarkmusicfestivalexhibit.comThe Ozark Music Festival kicked off 35 years ago last Saturday, July 18, at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia. Concert promoters had assured Sedalians that they would be hosting a "soft rock" festival with 50,000 spectators.Instead, 160,000 people (and that's a c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008

    Obama in Missouri -- Independence, Missouri

    ozarkmusicfestivalexhibit.comThe Ozark Music Festival kicked off 35 years ago last Saturday, July 18, at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia. Concert promoters had assured Sedalians that they would be hosting a "soft rock" festival with 50,000 spectators.Instead, 160,000 people (and that's a c ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 8, 2007

    Dare to Fair

    ozarkmusicfestivalexhibit.comThe Ozark Music Festival kicked off 35 years ago last Saturday, July 18, at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia. Concert promoters had assured Sedalians that they would be hosting a "soft rock" festival with 50,000 spectators.Instead, 160,000 people (and that's a c ... More >>

  • News

    May 9, 2007

    Using Their Noodle

    Ever catch a 50-pound catfish with your bare hands? He has. So has his dad. And his granddad. And his aunts.

  • Calendar

    August 9, 2006

    Swine and Pie

    Sedalia or die

  • Calendar

    August 10, 2005

    Segways Are from Saturn?

    Bicycles are down to Earth

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Week of September 1, 2004

  • Calendar

    August 11, 2004

    Butt Those Bears

    The Rams take on Chicago

  • News

    August 11, 2004

    Man Killer

    Did Patty Prewitt pump two bullets into her husband's head? It is a mystery that has lingered for twenty years.

  • Culture

    June 30, 2004

    Go West

    A theater field trip to bucolic Arrow Rock is well worth the drive

  • Calendar

    August 6, 2003

    Where's the Two-Headed Calf?

    The Missouri State Fair offers surreal glimpses of Americana plus lots of tasty things on sticks

  • Culture

    February 5, 2003

    Zero Effect

    Governor Bob Holden proposes zero dollars for the Missouri Arts Council

  • Music

    June 26, 2002

    Is It Hot in Herre?

    Our intrepid reporter chats face-to-face with swoon-inducing Nelly

  • News

    October 3, 2001

    The Ethics Cop

    Mike Reid knows firsthand what it's like to bend the rules

  • News

    May 30, 2001

    Critter Lovers

    State lawmakers just can't say no

  • News

    May 17, 2000

    A Guest of Honor

    Scott Joplin receives a celebratory homecoming with Opera Theatre of St. Louis' revival of Treemonisha

  • News

    March 29, 2000

    Hot Rods

    Spent nuclear fuel could be barreling down accident-plagued, construction-delayed Interstate 70

  • Culture

    August 18, 1999

    HOUSE KEYS

    The ragtime music made famous by St. Louisan Scott Joplin is appreciated more now than it ever was in the entertainer's lifetime

  • News

    May 19, 1999

    Row Warriors

    Vendors at historic Produce Row battle the forces of modern commerce

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