Excelsior Springs News

A 23-year-old woman was kidnapped Wednesday night around 9:30 in Excelsior Springs, Mo.

The pain is fresh and the emotions raw, as tears roll down cheeks, reflecting the flickering candlelight.

Friends and Excelsior Springs residents are still in shock after hearing about Carol Thomas' abduction and death.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. a ' Clay County prosecutors have charged three people with kidnapping in the case of Carol Thomas, who was abducted Wednesday and found dead Thursday.

Police found the body of Carol Thomas, 23, in rural Ray County on Thursday afternoon after witnesses saw her attacked and put in the trunk of a car Wednesday night.

Excelsior Springs police say they have arrested four people in connection with the apparent kidnapping and death of a 23-year-old woman.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. a ' Police tell NBC Action News they are investigating a possible kidnapping in Excelsior Springs.

Excelsior Springs Police were looking for three men tonight in connection with a womans possible kidnapping.Witnesses told police they saw a female who was hit and thrown into the trunk of a car about 9:30 p.m. on South Myrtle Street in Excelsior Springs, according to police dispatchers.Three male suspects were seen fleeing from the scene.

A Missouri woman has won a set of Flexsteel living room furniture in this summer's Wrangler Home sweepstakes.

Smithville R-II School District administrators say sick student numbers send a message: There's no need to panic about the swine flu right now in Smithville.

Standing shoulder to shoulder with Clay County Sheriff Bob Boydston, four members of the Kansas City Council on Oct.

The state requires all school districts to be assessed based on the results of testing in communication arts, math, the district's attendance rate and graduation rate, to determine if they have made adequate yearly progress toward meeting the academic testing standards and additional measures set.

A fire early Sunday morning destroyed four businesses at a building in the 1300 block of N. Jesse James Road in Excelsior Springs, Mo.

" Northland law enforcement is cracking down on suspected drug offenders. Called "Operation Twilight", the special enforcement effort early Friday morning involves as many as eight northland law enforcement agencies.

Hundreds of parents brought their young children to the Clay County Public Health Center in Liberty Wednesday, Oct.

Sixteen dogs trapped in a fire were rescued Sunday by firefighters and the owner of Dogs B Waggin dog kennel in Excelsior Springs, Mo.

Kansas City police arrested two University of Central Missouri students at their dormitory Monday in connection with a June fight at the Power & Light District that left a 34-year-old man with a broken nose and shattered orbital bone.The victim required surgery to insert a steel plate under his right eye.

Excelsior Springs fire officials are trying to determine what caused a fire that destroyed a dog kennel and thrift store.

The state fire marshal's office said a fire that destroyed a thrift shop and kennel over the weekend was accidental and appeared to have started in the ceiling of the thrift shop.

Excelsior Springs firefighters and a kennel owner rescued 16 dogs from a boarding facility early this morning as flames consumed an adjoining business and eventually destroyed the dog operation.A phone call alerted kennel owner Barbara Baldridge to the fire.