🌱 How a missing Illinois child was safely recovered at a Sedalia home

Good morning Sedalia! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a missing Illinois child was safely recovered at a Sedalia home
• How a Sedalia theft investigation led to multiple felony charges

Also on today's calendar: SFCC Theatre Presents: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A severe afternoon t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 43 degrees.
• Saturday: Becoming windier and cooler, temps: high: 58, low: 41.
• Sunday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 69 and low of 44 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Illinois child abduction leads to three arrests in Sedalia (sedaliademocrat.com) — A missing Illinois child was safely found in Sedalia after U.S. Marshals, Missouri troopers, and Sedalia police served a warrant at a West Fifth Street home, arresting three people wanted out of Illinois. The child was unharmed and returned to his father, while the suspects now face extradition and potential additional fugitive charges under Missouri law.
   

• Pettis County warrants issued for Sedalia man on stealing and forgery charges (kmzu.com) — Sedalia readers should know that local police investigations have led to multiple felony charges against a Sedalia man in connection with alleged thefts of firearms, tools, and business checks in Pettis County and nearby Cole Camp. Authorities say the incidents, investigated last March and October, resulted in warrants for several stealing, burglary, and accessory-to-forgery counts.
   

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📸 Around Sedalia

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sedalia

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday April 21

• Open Facility Tours
  Retrieving Freedom, Inc - Missouri Location, 20360 Tangle Nook Rd, Sedalia
  2:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday April 17

• Spring Play
  Heckart Performing Arts Center
  7:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Spring Play Performance
  Heckart Performing Arts Center
  7:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• JROTC Awards Ceremony
  Heckart Performing Arts Center

Saturday April 25

• Music Department Mattress Sale
  Smith Cotton High School-Main Gym
  9:00 am
• SFCC Theatre Presents: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
  State Fair Community College , 3201 W 16th St , Sedalia
  7:30 pm

Friday May 15

• Chloe Hoecker at The End Zone
  The End Zone Sports Bar & Grill , 3129 W Broadway Blvd , Sedalia
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• HS Track Smith Cotton Invitational
  Smithton R-vI Smithton, MO 65350
  1:30 pm

Saturday April 18

• Scholar Bowl Districts
  Smithton R-vI Smithton, MO 65350
• Junior/Senior Prom
  Smithton R-vI Smithton, MO 65350

Monday April 20

• HS Baseball @ Pilot Grove
  Smithton R-vI Pilot Grove, MO 65276, USA
  5:00 pm
• Smithton at Pilot Grove
  107 School St , Pilot Grove
  10:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Lowe's posted a job opening for Full Time - Receiver/Stocker - Day in Sedalia. Apply here.
• Bradley-Morris, Inc. posted a job opening for Field Service Technician in Sedalia. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sedalia here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Warrensburg

• Renew and Rejuvenate With an Outdoor Shopping Trip in Warrensburg, Missouri (webstercountycitizen.com)
• WSU continues roster rebuild with addition of East Texas A&M forward Ronnie Harrison (spokesman.com)

Marshall

• Three hospitalized in crash with tractor-trailer outside of Marshall, Mo. (krcgtv.com)

Warsaw

• Trudy Bea Boley (bentoncountyenterprise.com)
• Michael Dale Jones (bentoncountyenterprise.com)
• MoDOT getting public's input on major additions to a 48-mile stretch of Highway 65 (ky3.com)

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Ok Sedalia! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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