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Local Briefs May 21
Chamber Military Affairs to host breakfast program more
Warrensburg DAR member Jayne Barry shares memories of her time serving in the Navy during the May 10 DAR meeting. Photo courtesy of the Warrensburg chapter of DAR
Warrensburg DAR recognizes members who served
The Warrensburg chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution met Friday, May 10 at RISE Café with 24 members and guests present. more
Now-graduates of Warrensburg High School ready themselves to fling their caps to the sky on Saturday, May 18, at the Jerry M. Hughes Athletics Center. 
Warrensburg High School celebrates 218 graduates
WARRENSBURG – Warrensburg High School hosted a commencement ceremony for its 2024 graduating class on Saturday, May 18, celebrating 218 student graduates at the Jerry M. Hughes Athletic Center. more
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Crash Reports - May 21, 2024
Holden motorcyclist injured in Johnson County accident more
Community Calendar for May 21 through May 27
To have your event or meeting listed or changed, send details to hollyb@warrensburgstarjournal.com or call 660-747-8123. more
The WMMC Auxiliary recently presented a $25,000 donation to the Western Missouri Medical Center Foundation as part of its Day of Giving campaign. Photo courtesy of the Western Missouri Medical Center Foundation
$25,000 donation boosts WMMC Foundation's fundraising campaign
The Western Missouri Medical Center Foundation announced a significant milestone in its Day of Giving campaign, thanks to a $25,000 donation from the WMMC Auxiliary. more
Two members of 2nd Lt. George A. Whiteman's family place a memorial wreath at his grave during the annual wreath-laying ceremony Saturday morning, May 18 in Memorial Park Cemetery in Sedalia. The event was hosted by the Sedalia Area Chamber of Commerce's Military Affairs Committee. Photo by Nicole Cooke | Sedalia Democrat
Annual memorial ceremony honors 2nd Lt. Whiteman
SEDALIA — Community members, elected officials, Whiteman Air Force Base representatives and family members gathered for the 36th annual Memorial Wreath Laying Ceremony hosted Saturday morning, May 18 at Memorial Park Cemetery in Sedalia. more
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Warrensburg Main Street hosts its first Movie on the Lawn event of the summer on Friday, May 17, on the Johnson County Courthouse lawn. The organization partnered with Sterling Elementary School to show "Wonka" starring Timothée Chalamet. 
Photos: Warrensburg Main Street hosts first Movie on the Lawn of the summer
The Warrensburg-South Classical Conversations Challenge IV program hosted a commencement ceremony for six students earlier this month. The Warrensburg-South Classical Conversations Class of 2024 includes Caelan Lefebrve, Susannah Wilson, Lily Hopson, Gigi Copenbarger, Renee DeVorss and Brody Gentry. The students’ high school studies culminated in their senior thesis, a rhetorical artifact that represents the skills and abilities gained throughout their years in the Classical Conversations programs. They coordinate with an advisor, plan and complete a long-term project, and publicly defend their positions. Photo courtesy of Classical Conversations
Photo: Classical Conversations celebrates commencement
Meryl Lin McKean, the Daughters of the American Revolution Warrensburg Chapter Americanism and National Defense Chair, attended the ROTC ceremony hosted Friday, April 12 at Knob Noster High School, where she presented the DAR pin to Nevaeh Wiltse, a Warrensburg High senior who will attend the University of Central Missouri. Photo courtesy of Warrensburg Chapter of DAR
Photo: DAR presents pin to Warrensburg senior
Gourds belonging to the Cucurbita group. Photo by Peter Woodard via Wikimedia Commons
Gourds: Swiss army knife of the plant world
Our ancestors couldn’t go to the hardware store or shopping mall to buy utensils and other household essentials. Instead, they improvised with items found in nature. The dried fruit of several members of the cucumber family proved useful for many purposes, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. more
A periodical cicada nymph is held in Macon, Georgia on Wednesday, March 27. This periodical cicada nymph was found while digging holes for rosebushes. Trillions of cicadas are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries. Photo by Carolyn Kaster | AP Photo
'Cicadapocalypse' set to rampage across the Midwest and Southeast
WARRENSBURG – Call your sons, call your daughters, call your friends, call your neighbors, for an apocalypse is brewing – a “cicadapocalypse” to be exact. more
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Warrensburg Mayor Bruce Uhler presents Warrensburg Convention and Visitors Bureau Tourism Director Marcy Barnhart with a proclamation on Wednesday, May 15, at the Warrensburg Visitors Center. The WCVB celebrated its 10th anniversary on Wednesday, inviting community members for cake and an open house. 
Warrensburg Convention and Visitors Bureau celebrates 10-year anniversary
WARRENSBURG – The Warrensburg Convention and Visitors Bureau Board celebrated a decade in Warrensburg on Wednesday, May 15 by hosting an open house in its visitors center. more
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Local Briefs May 17
JCALP to host Culver’s night more
Crash Reports - May 17, 2024
Holden man arrested for DWI in Johnson County crash more
From left, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Troy Marnholtz, Warrensburg Schools Foundation Board Member Catherine Rupp, Foundation Board President Bob Lotspeich, Teacher Scholarship recipient Michelle Carroll, Foundation Assistant Director Dr. Ashlee Holdren, Superintendent Dr. Steve Ritter, Foundation Executive Director Judy Long, and Foundation Board Member Leah Harris. Photo courtesy of the Warrensburg Schools Foundation
Foundation awards teacher and support staff scholarships
The Warrensburg Schools Foundation recently announced the recipients of its 2023-24 Teacher and Support Staff Scholarships. Members from the Foundation’s board traveled to Martin Warren Elementary, Ridge View Elementary, and Maple Grove Elementary to award three scholarships totaling $2,500. more
7 Brew Coffee, 300 E. Russell Ave., is Warrensburg’s newest coffee shop, which offers products like coffee, energy drinks, teas, sparkling-infused waters, shakes and smoothies.
7 Brew Coffee opens in Warrensburg
WARRENSBURG – Whether it is a hot cup of joe, a cold brew, or an energy drink that gets you out of bed in the morning, Warrensburg’s newest coffee shop, 7 Brew Coffee, has it all in spades and is now open at 300 E. Russell Ave. more
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Maggie Burgin, Warrensburg Main Street Event and Marketing Coordinator, stands outside Sterling Elementary with students from Mrs. Maduros and Mrs. Stewart’s fifth grade classes and social worker Katie Quinn after the Movie on the Lawn Committee meeting. Photo courtesy of Warrensburg Main Street
Sterling Elementary, Warrensburg Main Street plan Movie on the Lawn
Warrensburg Main Street is hosting a free Movie on the Lawn series this summer, which will feature movies on the third Friday of May, June and August. more
Monday evening, May 13, the Congressional Fentanyl Forum is hosted by Congressman Mark Alford at the Heckart Performing Arts Center in Sedalia. Resources were available for those struggling with a substance abuse problem and free doses of Narcan were given for use in opioid overdose emergencies. Photo by Chris Howell | Sedalia Democrat
Fentanyl forum offers discussions, resources, stories of loved ones
SEDALIA — Just minutes before Congressman Mark Alford’s fentanyl forum began Monday night, May 13 at the Heckart Performing Arts Center in Sedalia, a woman in the front row quietly shared with the Sedalia Democrat her heartbreaking story. more
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Back row from left: Nathan Snowden, Hudson Gray, Jani Wright, Jeremiah Combs, Wesley Rivera, Judge Stacey Lett, Carli Hamlin, Summer Stiles and Caleb Gentry. Front row: Emma Whelehon, David Shetterly, Caleb Collier, Jenny Berezin, Maddie Beary, Isaiah Coppenbarger and Gabriel Lefebvre. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Grey Photography
Homeschool students take part in mock court
Fifteen 13-year-old to 15-year-old Warrensburg and Columbia students were in court this month, and many of them were serving as attorneys and law enforcement officers as Classical Conversations Challenge B classes participated in a mock trial. more
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