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The Lutheran Women's Missionary League of the Sedalia Zone will have its annual retreat on July 12 at Zion Lutheran Church in Lincoln.

It will take more DNA testing to identify a man's body found without a head or hands.

Posted by: Eric Maze Email: maze@nbcactionnews.com Last Update: 1:37 pm CONCORDIA, Mo.

Deputies are investigating after a decapitated and burned body was found along a road near Concordia, Mo.

Authorities in Lafayette County said Thursday that a man’s headless body was found northeast of Concordia.The sheriff’s department said it received a call about 9 a.m. Wednesday after an area ...

Authorities confirm the discovery of a burned, headless body along Interstate 70, about 60 miles east of Kansas City.

Central Motor Speedway drew 81 race cars in four divisions Saturday night. In the modified division, Aaron Marrant of Orrick won his first feature race this season.

The university will be closed Monday, May 19, for Victoria Day/Journe nationale des patriotes. via News@Concordia

A two-car accident involving a tractor-trailer left three Grand Pass residents with injuries on Wednesday, April 30. via Marshall Democrat-News

Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Olson, of Concordia, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. May 4 at the Tri-County Club in Emma. via Sedalia Democrat

Senior Kenzie Thorp's two-run homer in the fourth inning Monday gave the Santa Fe baseball team the lead en route to a 6-2 non-conference victory at Wellington-Napoleon. In a rematch between 2007 Class 1 ... via The Marshall Democrat-News

“She had a sarcastic sense of humor. ... She could take a joke, but she could also dish them out”

A makeshift roadside memorial may be the punctuation on the lives of two Spring Springs teens, but many who knew them will remember how they lived, rather than how they died. via Sedalia Democrat

Two roads in Johnson County were closed Tuesday, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation Web site. via Sedalia Democrat

“I have learned the ropes working in every aspect of the business”

Despite the gradual disappearance of the family-owned butcher shop in the last few decades, Alewel's Country Meats in Warrensburg has kept the tradition of the trade alive. via DigitalBURG

Mr. and Mrs. Edger "Pete" Lange, of Concordia, observed their 60th wedding anniversary on Wednesday. via Sedalia Democrat

Rain forced the closing today of several roads that remained closed late this afternoon.In Johnson County, Missouri 23 is closed about five miles south of Concordia, as are Routes D and FF, where they intersect ... via KansasCity.com

“By going this way, we are actually saving the city money”

The Sweet Springs Board of Aldermen met Monday, March 10, to hear updates from city departments. via Marshall Democrat-News

Dorothy Darlene Dieckman, 81, of Sedalia, died Saturday, March 1, 2008, at Fair View Nursing Home. via Sedalia Democrat

“They travel if not 12 months out of the year, 10 months. Performers take their families with them and they want to be comfortable. "We can give that to them. And because we custom-build our units, we can meet their special needs.”

When Marsha Trautman was invited to New York City to watch the filming of the 2007 movie "Perfect Stranger," she was as interested in what happened behind the scenes as the action in front of the camera. via RV Business

One of the photographs accompanying last Monday's story about the women from Altenburg who have been cleaning other folks' houses since the Depression is on my desk. via Southeast Missourian