Jack Miller

I was born Oct. 7, 1938 at Bothwell Hospital. I attended Washington Elementary and Smith-Cotton High School. I joined the United States Navy in 1955, and served on four WWll era Destroyers during my active career in the Navy. I am retired Navy with 24 years of service in the regular navy and the reserve force. I have worked in real estate sales, mobile home sales and a lot of laborer type jobs. I retired from Payless Cashways as a dock worker, and machine operator in 2001 when they went out of business. I have written columns for the Sedalia Democrat, and the Sedalia News Journal and two books “Unhurried Days” and “Looking Back Again.” I have worked in Radio for over 10 years as a newsman and on-air columnist. I have been married to Marlene (Yahne) Miller for 53 years, and we have three children, four grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. I am currently working on a fiction book of short stories.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Accident Reports For Tuesday April 5, 2016

Fatal Accident reported Saturday in Lafayette County At 5:10 Saturday evening the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a fatality accident on Eastbound I-70 at Mile Marker-54. The accident occurred according to the report as the 2000 Ford Taurus driven by 37-year-old Ryan M...

Afternoon Sedalia Police Crime Reports For Monday April 4, 2016

Arrest and summons follows a traffic stop Friday night Just before 9pm Friday night the Sedalia Police stopped a vehicle at 16th and Moniteau for a break light that was out. A check on the occupants revealed a passenger identified as 31-year-old Brandon A Carlock of Sedalia had a Jackson County warrant...

Jerry Lee Brown, 69

Jerry Lee Brown, 69, of Sedalia passed away peacefully to be with his Lord and Savior, for a new life, on March 31, 2016 at his home, which he was very proud of, with his family by his side. He was born on April 15, 1946 in Leavenworth, KS, the son of Horace Rudolph and Anna Marie (Vossmer) Brown, who preceded him in death...

Pettis County Health Center Announces ‘Public Health Week’ April 4-10

Throughout time the prevention of communicable diseases has been a primary focus of public health.

Afternoon Sedalia Police Crime Reports For Friday April 1, 2016

At 10:47pm Thursday night the Sedalia Police stopped a vehicle at Broadway and Kentucky for disobeying a signal light. Upon contact with the driver 19-year-old Marshall T. Tindell of Houstonia the officer detected the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle...

Missouri State Highway Patrol Accidents Thursday March 31, 2016

At 2:12 Monday afternoon the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported an injury accident in the 23000 block of Davis Avenue in the Warsaw area of Benton County. According to the report the accident occurred as the driver of a 2015 Polaris All-Terrain Vehicle, 18-year-old Justin A...

George Trigg Callis, 83

George Trigg Callis of Hallsville, Missouri passed away on March 21, 2016, in Pilot Grove, Missouri. Trigg was born on November 28, 1932, in Sedalia, Missouri, the son of George Elgin and Joann Trigg Callis. He attended Bothwell School near Sedalia, South and West Grade Schools in Jefferson City, Missouri, Jefferson Junior High and graduated from Jefferson City Senior High School in 1950... Read M

Elsie Elizabeth Yeager, 86

Elsie Elizabeth Yeager, 86, Jefferson City, MO, formerly of Independence, died Sunday, March 27, 2016, at Saint Mary's Health Center, Jefferson City, MO. She was born February 23, 1930, in Sedalia, MO, daughter of Ralph Winfred Hall and Iva Parthena Thomas Hall Huntress...

Floyd Lynnessy Maxon, 77

Floyd Lynnessy Maxon, 77, of Cole Camp, formerly of Independence, died Sunday, March 27, 2016, at Good Samaritan Care Center, Cole Camp. He was born on August 3, 1938, at Kansas City, Missouri, a son of Edward and Helen Pauline (Hubbard) Maxon...

Daniel “Scott” Murray, 37

Daniel "Scott" Murray, 37, of Sedalia, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016 at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. He was born on August 26, 1978 in Mexico, Missouri, the son of Daniel Lee Murray and Linda Kay Preisendorf, who survive of Sedalia...