Sedalia Democrat

The Sedalia Democrat was founded in 1868 as a weekly newspaper and began its daily edition, originally called the Daily Democrat, Dec. 19, 1871. The Democrat is Pettis County's primary source for daily local news coverage. We reach more than 15,000 readers every Tuesday through Saturday with our print newspaper. Some 64,000 unique viewers come to our website every month for the latest-breaking news stories. The Democrat newsroom received 17 awards for its coverage during 2018, including seven first place honors for sports photojournalism, column writing, profile feature, feature photo journalism, general reporting, business reporting and military reporting. Awards were received from Kansas City Press Club, Missouri Press Association and Missouri State Teachers Association. The Democrat earned a General Excellence Award from the Missouri Associated Press Media Editors for its division in 2016. The Democrat has a circulation of about 5,000 in Pettis County and five neighboring counties. Besides the Democrat, we print publications for nearly 60 commercial print customers, including schools, annual publications and quarterly publications. We also print the Plainsman, which is distributed every Wednesday with more than 23,000 copies distributed by home delivery and racks in Pettis, Benton, Morgan and Henry counties.