Knob Noster News

EDITOR'S NOTE: 'Seymour In The Rearview Mirror' features what was in the news here 50 years ago, in 1959; 40 years ago, in 1969; and 25 years ago, in 1984.

The first performer took to the piano in front of an appreciative - and larger-than-usual - crowd at State Fair Community College, where the Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival kicked off Wednesday.

June Ann Culberson, 79, of Knob Noster, Mo., formerly of Mount Vernon, passed away at home on Friday, May 29, 2009, following a courageous battle with cancer.

Ordinary dolls are taken apart piece by piece and stripped of all their color. Four days later, Jo Shorty will use the pieces to create a new doll that looks like a real newborn baby.

Some finished in two years; some took much longer. Some were greeted by spouses and children; some by parents.

The $8.1 million endeavor will add 9,000-foot side track near California, Mo. May 2, 2009 - 10:56 PM Matthew Steingraber The Sedalia Democrat A joint project between the Missouri Department of Transportation, Union Pacific Railroad and Amtrak aimed at improving passenger rail service in the state broke ground last week just west of California, Mo.

Emilee Johnson, of Sedalia, and Andrew Bassett, of Knob Noster, were married at 5 p.m. Aug.

This list is a sampling of crime in Sedalia and the surrounding area. The information is taken from official police reports, which do not necessarily contain statements from all parties involved in each case.

This list is a sampling of crime in Sedalia and the surrounding area. The information is taken from official police reports, which do not necessarily contain statements from all parties involved in each case.

The Vice President of the United States Joe Biden made a trip to Missouri Thursday to speak directly to American Armed Forces and thank them for their service.

Vice President Joe Biden had a succinct message Thursday for troops at Whiteman Air Force Base: “We owe you.”Biden told the crowd that the Obama administration is committed to modernizing military facilities across the nation.

'Let's have a TEA party!'With those five words, Lee's Summit's first TEA party started.

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE AT KNOB NOSTER GETS A NEW COMMANDER THURSDAY; COLONEL ROBERT WHEELER'S BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE IN LOUISIANA TO TAKE OVER FOR BRIGADIER GENERAL GARRETT HARENCAK, WHO'S GOING TO WASHINGTON AS A DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR DEFENSE PROGRAMS AT THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.

It's been vacant for decades, but one of the oldest schools for African-Americans in Missouri is still standing, and some people are fighting to save it.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon made the following appointments Monday: University of Missouri Board of Curators - Don Downing, 51, of Webster Groves, a partner in the law firm of Gray, Ritter and Graham P.C and former ...

A Sedalia man remained in serious condition at a Columbia hospital Thursday after a two-vehicle accident earlier in the week.

Hundreds of jobs could be on the way to one mid-Missouri town. Whiteman Air Force Base already keeps watch over the nation's B2 bombers, and now it is being considered for something called a Global Strike ...

Beth A. Gaus and Lee G. Thomas, both of Knob Noster, were married at 7 p.m. Feb.

Andrew Brown, a concrete finisher with Cale Seymour Construction, Knob Noster, pours cement into a form Tuesday afternoon for a new sidewalk on the south side of the downtown Sedalia train station.

A deal with God led Manny Rodriguez to exchange his handcuffs for a Bible and eventually paved the path to Sedalia.