Children

Back in the 1980s, I became a latchkey kid in the fourth grade at nine years old and no one seemed to care or think it was odd. Today in Illinois that would be considered technically illegal. So how old do you have to be to stay home alone in Missouri and Illinois?

Sedalia 200 and Heart of America Redistribution Solutions have a variety of locations where anyone 18 or younger be served lunch for free this summer.

Sounds like the library will be the hoppin' place to be this summer, with a ton of fun everywhere you look.

Summertime is almost here, and Warrensburg has its Quest Summer Day Camp in session from May 26 to August 19.

Our Central Bank of Sedalia's Unsung Hero for December is Gary Beckman.

I think a lot of people may have heard about it, but thought they didn't qualify or that there weren't any openings.

Pastor Gray has been nominated for his work with helping local kids get essential food this summer through the Corona virus pandemic

If you need help with supplies for your kids heading back to school and live in Pettis County, Community and Children Teaming Up 4 Success, can help.

Thanks to those three years of summer mornings filled with dread and swimming lessons I can thrash myself across the pool and theoretically not drown.

Two Missouri towns adopt a four day school week citing cost savings, professional development and teacher retention.