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On Tuesday evening, Sedalia Police responded to the area of West 5th Street and South Grand Avenue for a female screaming. After an investigation, the female was located in the 500 block of South Grand Avenue. She was intoxicated and it was determined that her screaming was not due to an assault or crime against her.

This article is compiled from the Sedalia Police Department reports. Tuesday evening, Sedalia Police responded to the 600 block of West 3rd Street in reference to a theft report. Taydem Childs-Holler reported that her tablet was stolen while she was moving items from her house. The suspect has not been identified at this time.

An Illinois woman was injured Wednesday afternoon in a boating accident at the 6.2-mile marker of the Gravois Arm on Lake of the Ozarks. Jody Smith, a 63-year-old from Springfield, Ill., was a passenger in a Landau Atlantis Pontoon and attempting to step off the vessel and on a dock at Schoolhouse Cove in Morgan County when she lost her balance, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. Smith fell back against the vessel and into the water and she was assisted out of the water. She received moderate injuries and was transported by ambulance to Lake Regional Hospital.

I spend some time every day watching random videos on YouTube. It's fun. It's just a little distraction here and there. Recently, I found a video about Sedalia and got intrigued. Apparently there's a dude who travels all over the Midwest and walks around the different towns he sees, filming the buildings and traffic and whatnot. I guess it's like a tour guide type of thing that you can experience virtually? His name is Tom Alyea, and he describes himself as "An avid walker, hiker, and author of numerous books, guidebooks, and journals." A couple of months ago, Tom decided to take a walk around Sedalia.

This article is compiled from the Sedalia Police Department reports. Tuesday evening, Officers responded to the area of West 5th Street and South Grand Avenue for a female screaming. After an investigation, the female was located in the 500 block of South Grand Avenue. She was intoxicated and it was determined that her screaming was not due to an assault or crime against her. She was given a warning for peace disturbance. While Officers were outside, the female threw a hammer through the window at them in an apparent attempt to cause serious physical injury. Allison Marie Wood, 33, of Sedalia, was placed under arrest, transported to the hospital for a fit for confinement check, and then to the Pettis County Jail to be booked in on a 24 hour hold. Charges are being requested for Assault in the 1st Degree on Law Enforcement, Armed Criminal Action, and Property Damage in the 2nd Degree.

An area law-enforcement agency is alerting the public about an escaped inmate. According to the Pettis County Sheriff’s Office, 44-year-old Jason M. Laird has escaped. He was last seen on the outer campground of the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia. Laird is an inmate who was working the grounds on Tuesday, June 22.

Morgan County health officials say the county is experiencing a jump in COVID-19 cases that surpasses what they were seeing a year ago as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. “The reality is, unfortunately, things are worse now than they were a year ago,” Morgan County Health Department...

At 98-years-old, Murl Stull can still teach people a thing or two. With a wealth of experience that dates back nearly a century, one of those things is snagging paddlefish and the Benton County man proved he still has what it takes after snagging a 50-pound spoonbill on Lake of the Ozarks this year with one day left in the annual season that runs from March 15 to April 30 in Missouri.

A Versailles woman was injured and flown to University Hospital in Columbia Wednesday evening after her vehicle struck a tree on Route TT in Morgan County, just north of HIghway 5. Hailee Fretueg, 28, was northbound in a 2006 Hyundai Azera when she failed to negotiate a curve and traveled...

UPDATE: The Pettis County Sheriff's Office reported around 11 a.m. that a small derringer had been stolen from a truck in the Hunters Run subdivision of Sedalia. They say it's likely Laird is now armed. An escaped inmate may be driving a stolen MoDOT truck. Jason Laird, 44, escaped Tuesday...

A Gainesville man who evaded local law enforcement for more than a month last year and attempted to escape jail here has escaped from Missouri Department of Correction prison guards in Sedalia while on work release at the Missouri State Fairgrounds. Jason M. Laird, 44, currently serving a seven-year prison...

While fulfilling a vital need for well-prepared police officers who are now serving several area communities, the Central Missouri Police Academy (CMPA) at the University of Central Missouri celebrated a milestone when it graduated its 161st cadet class on June 19. All 25 members of the graduating class have found...

A Versailles woman was injured in a one-vehicle accident that occurred Wednesday evening in Morgan County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports that a northbound 2006 Hyundai Azera, driven by 28-year-old Hailee J. Fretueg, of Versailles, was on Route TT, one mile north of Missouri 5 at 7:18 p.m., when she failed to negotiate a curve, and the vehicle traveled off the roadway and struck a tree.