July 4

The Show-Me Freedom Festival is back at the Missouri State Fairgrounds on July 4.

A new Independence Day event kicks off this year at the Missouri State Fairgrounds. The Show-Me Freedom Festival is from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on July 4.

The Missouri Department of Transportation says they are taking additional measures to accommodate an expected increase in traffic due to the Fourth of July holiday.

John Michael Montgomery will be the main act at the Show-me Freedom Festival on July 4th at the Missouri State Fairgrounds.

City of Sedalia offices will be closed July 4th to observe Independence Day, and the city trash collection schedule will be slightly adjusted for the week.

The following Sedalia Police crime reports and Missouri State Highway Patrol accident reports are from the afternoon of July 4, 2013.

The following Sedalia Police and Pettis County Sheriff's reports are from the morning of Thursday, July 4, 2013.

The Old Fashioned Fourth of July happened at Centennial Park, even with the 100 degree temps. Families and friends enjoyed the parade in Downtown Sedalia where it's estimated 300 people watched the forty entries go down Ohio Street. The picnic happened at Centennial Park where over 700 hot dogs were served up by various volunteers under the leadership of Terry Cockrell...

Girl chases boyfriend with a baseball bat Tuesday morning At 11:10 Tuesday morning city workers flagged a patrol car down, ant reported a female subject was chasing her boyfriend down the street, as she swung a baseball bat at him. The female identified as 35-year-old Crystal Vansell of Sedalia was located at Pettis and Prospect with a wooden bat, and arrested...

Another scam has been reported to Sedalia Police as a person in the 700 Block of East 14th had someone call, claiming to be from Medicare and asked for personal information. The information was given and then it was discovered that $447.34 was taken out of the bank account without authorization...