Last night’s fun was attending the Sedalia Area Chamber of Commerce annual awards banquet. The Sedalia Democrat was named one of the Chamber Champions for 2022 - always proud to support our community, whether through news coverage, advertising, or donating time/effort!

Now, I’m spending part of my afternoon at the Central Missouri Regional for FIRST Robotics, hosted at Smith-Cotton. Team SCREAM’s alliance just finished competing in a qualifying match. And they have quite the cheering section behind me. (Team SCREAM Jr. is up soon.)

The municipal election is less than a week away, and Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce is hosting a candidate forum this evening. Check out the Warrensburg Star-Journal Facebook page for a live-stream of the forum. Coverage will be online and in Friday’s print edition.

I was up bright and early this morning for the annual Community Update Breakfast with the Warrensburg Chamber. Just wrapped up hearing from WMMC, City of Warrensburg, Warrensburg School District, Johnson County Commission and UCM.

Journalist perks - when you do a business feature on a local in-home bakery and need the owner to bring some cookies for photos, then she says she’s leaving the dozen cookies with you. Read about Cookie Cravings in Friday’s Warrensburg Star-Journal

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Happy graduation, Smith-Cotton! Hundreds of new Tiger alumni walked across the commencement stage tonight in the Mathewson Exhibition Center. 🎓🐯

Sedalia veteran organizations are hosting a Memorial Day ceremony this morning. Guest speaker is U.S. Army veteran Richard Mendenhall, of Columbia. “This is not a day to celebrate. It’s a day to honor.”

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State Sen. Denny Hoskins, R-Warrensburg, has entered the race for Missouri's Secretary of State in 2024. Read more about his campaign announcement earlier this week in Warrensburg: bit.ly/3Cnkiwa

Monday afternoon, members of local and regional law enforcement gathered in Sedalia to clean out a suspected drug house. On Wednesday, law enforcement served another drug-related warrant only 10 minutes away from the first location. Read more: bit.ly/3NlJiKt

Sedalia Council Chambers were packed Monday for a hearing regarding Spring Fork Lake. Ideas varied, but there was an overall theme from the dozens of people who took the podium: don't sell it. bit.ly/45TkYXv

Bothwell Regional Health Center is purchasing opioid tracking software, which utilizes artificial intelligence to analyze patterns and raise flags when it recognizes problems. Learn more: bit.ly/3P4xZYr

Happy Opening Day, fair fans! Activities have been going on all morning on the fairgrounds and I’m currently at the Missouri State Fair opening day ceremony, featuring Director Mark Wolfe, Gov. Parson, and many other local and state officials.

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