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 in Pettis County and five neighboring counties 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 took home 24 awards, six of which were first places, in the Missouri Press Association Better Newspaper Contest for work published in 2020. 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. The Democrat also owns the Warrensburg Star-Journal in Warrensburg, Missouri. It is a twice-weekly newspaper that reaches roughly 2,000 print subscribers each Tuesday and Friday, along with daily updates online.