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“I think everybody that’s here tonight would like to get to the point to where there’s a water line in front of your house, there’s a water meter set off the right away onto your property, and you’ve got a service line coming into your house,” said Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley during a community meeting Thursday night in Benton County. Presley and others discussed how to bring community water to 27 homes surrounding the Benton and Tippah County line west of Falkner. Each home in question has its own well and is not in any community water systemâ€...

SARASOTA – With a few taps of her finger on an iPad, St. Martha Catholic School sixth-grader Emily Scarbrough sent a robot on a series of preprogrammed tasks that included knocking down a bench and raising the height of a basketball hoop. That was all part of a student demonstration on Wednesday as the Diocese of Venice unveiled a new partnership with FIRST, a global robotics community. The alliance is anticipated to enhance the level of Science, Technology, Religion, Engineering, Arts and Math education in the 15 Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Venice. Emily, 12, and other students used...

SEDALIA - A fire destroyed a Sedalia family business early Tuesday morning, along with the memories held inside.  Leobardo Martinez and Gabriela Galban, owners of Martinez Body Shop, got the call around 4:30 a.m. that their business was on fire. When they arrived shortly after, it was too late.  Ariana Martinez, daughter of the owners, remembers growing up in the shop. She said her parents built their business by word of mouth and positive customer reviews.  “I’m proud of what they’ve done because we were the first Hispanics to actually open a business here in Sedalia,...

Early morning fire destroys auto body in Sedalia Early morning fire destroys auto body in Sedalia ABC 17 News ABC 17 News ABC 17 News SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) An early Tuesday morning fire in Sedalia destroyed a body shop and damaged neighboring buildings. Marinez Body Shop along with three other buildings near E. Main St. and N. Washington Ave. caught fire Tuesday around 4:33 a.m. Photos courtesy of Rodney Jackson, a Sedalia resident. Sedalia Fire Chief Greg Harrell said in a news release the fire at the corner of E. Main Street and N. Washington Avenue was called out around 4:33 a.m. and crews a...

At approximately 04:33 Tuesday morning, a structure fire was reported at the building located at 101 W. Washington, in Sedalia.