Pettis County

A man serving a life sentence for the death of a woman whose dismembered remains were found near his rural Pettis County home has died in prison.

Police have released photos of the crate where they say a Missouri man held a woman captive before she escaped and was later shot to death.

A man who authorities allege kept a woman captive in a wooden box in a home in Sedalia has been charged.

Pettis County authorities say two people are charged with kidnapping a woman in Sedalia, taking her to Kansas City and holding her in hotels for two days before she escaped.

A sheriff says investigators consider the death of a woman whose remains were found scattered at a Sedalia trailer park a homicide.

HOUSTONIA, Mo. (AP) - A natural gas pipeline has ruptured in a rural area in western Missouri causing an explosion and fire. No injuries were reported. The Pettis County Sheriff's Department says the pipeline, owned by Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company ruptured late Thursday outside Houstonia, about 75 miles east of Kansas City...