Stories from Wednesday, January 16, 2019

The Concordia FFA Chapter’s Greenhands traveled to Sedalia for a motivational conference on Tuesday, Jan.8. A Greenhand is a first-year member. New FFA members learn to recite the FFA Creed to earn a Greenhand degree. As a Greenhand, you start to realize everyone else at all these conferences and conventions are just like you and want the same experience...

During the Concordia Board of Aldermen meeting Monday, Jan. 7, the board finalized and approved a fuel contract between the city of Concordia and MFA Oil Inc. The contract will cover fuel purchased from Feb. 1 to Dec. 31. Contracted prices are $1.8742 per gallon for unleaded gasoline, and $2.136 per gallon for bio dyed diesel. This pricing includes all applicable taxes and fees...

A snowstorm that stretched 2,000 miles, from the Colorado Rockies to the Atlantic Ocean, marched across Missouri from Friday afternoon, Jan. 11, through Sunday morning, Jan. 13. According to the National Weather Service, Missouri was the hardest hit. ...

Tuesday, Jan. 8 - I-70 Conference Despite playing to an advantage through three quarters, the Concordia High School girls basketball team couldn’t put the Crest Ridge High School Cougars to bed in their first I-70 Conference game of the season, falling 54-42...

I-70 Conference — Tuesday, Jan. 8 — Lone Jack High School The Saint Paul Lutheran High School Saints boys basketball team were able to start their I-70 Conference slate exactly how they wanted to, taking care of the Lone Jack High School Mules, 76-51...

I-70 Conference — Tuesday, Jan. 8 — Lone Jack High School A tough matchup brought the Saint Paul Lutheran High School Saints girls basketball team into I-70 Conference schedule, as the Lone Jack High School Mules got ahead and stayed there in the 45-37 defeat...

Tuesday, Jan. 8 — I-70 Conference It certainly wasn’t without some mid-game drama, but the Concordia High School Orioles boys basketball team got their I-70 Conference season off on the right foot, overcoming a comeback effort from the Crest Ridge High School Cougars en route to the 55-47 victory...

Louise Schnakenberg, 70, of Concordia, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Concordia, with Rev. Michael Pottschmidt officiating. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. ...