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People are flocking to Missouri to the monestary where it happened. A nun was buried in Missouri four years ago in May of 2019. Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster was the founder of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, in Gower, Missouri.

GOWER, Mo. (KCTV) – The small town of Gower, Missouri had thousands of unexpected visitors this weekend. Catholics from all over the country made a pilgrimage to a convent in Gower – where a nun’s body appears to have not decayed, despite being in buried for four years.

Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster’s body was exhumed and found to be ‘incorrupt’, a sign of holiness and later justification for sainthood

Thousands of travelers to Missouri wait to pay respects to Sr. Wilhelmina Lancaster, a nun who died four years ago. She was found to have not decomposed when her body was recently exhumed.

The body of a Benedictine nun has remained uncorrupted for four years following her burial. Leaders in the Catholic Church contacted Rome and commissioned an investigation into the situation after the remains of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster were exhumed last week. Lancaster’s corpse appears to show no signs of degradation or...

Thousands were flocking to Missouri over Memorial Day weekend to view – and possibly touch – the preserved body of an exhumed Catholic nun before she is interred in a glass case for display at the abbey she founded.Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, who died in 2019 at the age of 70, was the founder of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, established in rural Gower in 1995. Her remains were exhumed last month in preparation for construction of a planned St Joseph Shrine to her within the abbey’s oratory.Her fellow sisters had “been told to expect bones in the highly...

PLATTE COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Rushville man is in custody after crashing and killing a man who was weed-eating in a yard in Platte County. The Platte County Missouri Sheriff’s Office said 38-year-old Wesley Teague is being held on a $250,000 cash-only bond. Teague faces a driving while impaired charge after crashing his 2015 Chevrolet Camaro on May 23.

Crowds are flocking to Gower, Missouri - population 1,500 - to witness what some are calling a miracle. (KSHB). The body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, who died at age 95 in 2019, was exhumed “roughly four years later” so it can be moved to its final resting place inside a monastery chapel, the Catholic News Agency reported. When the coffin was unearthed, Lancaster’s body was apparently “incorrupt,” which in Catholic tradition refers to the preservation of the body from normal decay.

The Highway Patrol reports a Trenton woman and a Clarksdale man sustained minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Maysville on Friday afternoon, May 26th. Fifty-five-year-old Lori Croley was the driver of a minivan. Emergency medical services took her to the Cameron Regional Medical Center. Forty-eight-year-old James Graeff was the driver of a car. He refused medical treatment at the scene.

DEKALB COUNTY—Two people were injured in an accident just after 1p.m. Friday in DeKalb County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Toyota Corolla driven by James A. Graeff, 48, Clarksdale, was southbound on MO 33 at Florence Street in Maysville. The car rear-ended a 2002 Toyota Sienna...

The story of Pat Montgomery’s life has been in large part one of serving others in different ways. After serving as an Army Ranger and then earning a degree in animal science at the University of Missouri, he started the KC Cattle Company, working to employ veterans and provide quality food for people.

(KMAland) -- The Missouri Class 3 and 4 state track meets finished on Saturday with 11 total top-eight finishes from KMAland events. Maryville’s Brylee Acklin had a strong weekend with four medals, claiming a fourth-place finish in the Class 3 300 meter hurdles and an eighth in the 100 meter hurdles. She also anchored the 4x400 meter relay to a sixth-place finish and led off the eighth-place 4x200 meter relay.

The St. Joseph Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Day Ride took place Sunday morning. The group, otherwise known as VFW, has upheld the traditional ride for over 10 years. The Memorial Day ride began at the VFW at 306 Cherokee St. and ended in Wathena, Kansas. This annual event is held to honor fallen military personnel.

The Kansas Class 1A State Track and Field Meet was held in Wichita this Friday and Saturday, and the Doniphan West Mustangs had a strong day, earning 6 medals between two of the team's three competitors at the meet. Mustang senior Claire Cole came in 3rd, earning a medal, with...

Bishop LeBlond girls soccer is headed to its first ever state semifinals after defeating Barstow 2-1 in the Class 1 quarterfinals on Saturday. Coming off of a highly intense, double overtime victory over Class 1 No. 1 Mid-Buchanan just nine days prior, the layoff proved to be plenty of time for the Golden Eagles to compose themselves for an even higher stakes game.

In Gower, Missouri, thousands of people are spending this Memorial Day weekend visiting the exhumed remains of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster.