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UPDATE: According to the probable cause statement, Wallace’s light had changed to green right before she pulled out onto Highway 65. The responding trooper says Stewart, for some unknown reason, failed to observe her light turn to red and struck Wallace’s driver’s side door. Court records state...

On Monday around 11:30 p.m., Sedalia Police attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle near North Engineer and East Saline after it made an improper turn and ran a stop sign. The vehicle refused to stop and fled from the officer, driving through alleys and yards to get away. The...

On June 1 at approximately 6:16 a.m., a tractor trailer hauling approximately $60,000 worth of cage-free, organic eggs overturned in the area of Route HH and Cedar Lane in the middle of a construction zone. Deputy Kameryn Wassam was dispatched along with MSHP Trooper Micah Bennett. “Thankfully, nobody was injured...

This article is compiled from the Sedalia Police Department crime reports. Tuesday morning, Officers responded to the Domino's restaurant, 3200 South Limit Avenue, in reference to a dog bite. Officers spoke with Kevin Rohr. Rohr stated he was delivering pizza to a residence in the 1400 block of South Prospect Avenue when a dog came up and bit him on the hand.

On Friday afternoon, Officers attempted to stop a vehicle in the 1300 block of South Hancock Avenue for having expired registration. The vehicle fled from officers, but eventually stopped in the 700 block of East 16th Street. Seth Eugene Hull, 35, of Sedalia, was arrested for Driving While Revoked, Resisting...

This article is compiled from reports issued by the Pettis County Sheriff's Office. Early Sunday morning, the Pettis County K9 Unit observed two subjects in the area of West 20th Street and South Grand Avenue riding small minibikes. Deputies made contact with the subjects at the Katy Park. Deputies checked both subject’s information with the Pettis County Joint Communications. One of the subjects, Calvin William Wilson, 22, of Sedalia, was found to have an active Saline County warrant for his arrest. Wilson was placed under arrest for his Failure to Appear warrant on original charges of Speeding (11-15 MPH). Wilson was transported to the Pettis County Jail pending a cash only bond of $250.00.

A Knob Noster man was killed in a vehicle crash in Johnson County on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, the crash occurred when a vehicle driven by 48-year-old Lee Thomas traveled off the left side of the roadway striking two fences and a tree. Debris from the crash also did minor damage to a parked vehicle.

Starting on Monday, June 5, and continuing through Friday, June 16, the City of Sedalia’s Public Works Department will be milling and overlaying West Main Street from Dundee Avenue to Industrial Boulevard. During this period, lane closures will result in the roadway being reduced to a single lane of...

A weekend fire destroys a two-story home on the outskirts of Sedalia. The Sedalia Fire Department says the original call was issued for the Pettis County Fire Protection District on Saturday just before 5 p.m. The caller reported a shed was on fire, with the fire later spreading to the house.

A Sedalia man has been charged with multiple felonies after a search conducted at a residence by Sedalia Police, the Mid-Missouri Drug Task Force and the Pettis County Sheriff’s Department on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Authorities conducted a search of the residence of Darryl Frazier and located a baggy...

A Sedalia woman was charged with two felonies in Pettis County on Thursday, May 25, 2023. According to a probable cause statement, a Sedalia Police Officer was dispatched to a disturbance at a residence involving an alleged assault on a female. The female, identified as Angela Jackson stated to police that her step father had attempted to assault her and that she had gotten a hammer to fight him off. Jackson was later found to be intoxicated. The officer noticed the step father used a walker and told the officer Jackson had threatened kill him.

A celebration of the life of Coen Brown will be held at Sacred Heart High School’s McGremlin Gym on Saturday June 3rd at 2:30 p.m. Doors will open at 1 p.m., at the school, located at 416 West 3rd Street in Sedalia. Brown, who was originally only given weeks...

Two men, including one from mid-Missouri, are indicted by a federal grand jury for a conspiracy to murder border patrol officers and the attempted murder of FBI agents. Jonathan O’Dell, 33, of Warsaw, and Bryan Perry, 37, of Clarksville, Tennessee, were charged in a 44-count second superseding indictment this week. The indictment alleges the pair attempted to recruit members to their militia group to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border to shoot and kill illegal immigrants. In a social media post, Perry also stated they’d kill any U.S. Border Patrol members who tried to stop them.

JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV) - A 48-year-old man from Knob Noster, Missouri, was killed Wednesday evening in a car crash. A crash report stated Lee G. Thomas was traveling southbound at about 5:15 p.m. on East 75 Road in Johnson County, Missouri. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Thomas’...

The body of Dr. John Forsyth, a Missouri ER doctor who went missing last week, has been found in northwest Arkansas, his family told Nexstar's KOLR Tuesday night.

A Cooper County man wanted for four outstanding warrants is arrested after trying to avoid deputies. It was Tuesday when a Cooper County deputy noticed Christopher Stallings, of Boonville, driving and attempted to conduct a traffic stop for the warrants. But Stallings refused to stop and sped off at a high rate of speed toward his residence. Once he arrived at the scene, he took off on foot into this home.

Matthew Ryan Johnson of Warsaw, MO was arrested on 05/23/23 on a Benton County warrant for delivery of controlled substance 35 grams or less of marijuana or synthetic cannabis and unlawful possession of a firearm. Bond was set at $5,000 cash only. Subject is being held in the Benton County Detention Center.

Pettis County Joint Communications received a report of a structure fire on Dexter Drive over the weekend, with the possibility of the homeowners still inside. Upon arrival, crews found a single-story residence that was three-quarters involved with fire. Command was established and crews began attacking the fire with the help...

A Boonville man on a motorcycle was moderately injured after striking a deer on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, 35-year-old Brandon Smith was traveling southbound and struck the deer on the roadway. Smith was transported by the Cooper County Ambulance District to University...

The 2023 Scott Joplin International Ragtime Music Festival is in full swing now in downtown Sedalia, after a Welcome Social hosted by Artistic Director Bryan Wright was held last night at the Pavilion, 2nd and Ohio. Free performances are scheduled from 9 to 5 daily at the Stark Tent, the...