Missouri Southern State University journalists earned 13 awards at the annual Missouri College Media Association convention over the weekend in St. Joseph. The locals captured first place awards in entertainment review, feature photography, page one de... »
(From Mercy) The startling thing in first seeing the new Mercy Hospital Joplin – the factory built, trucked-in replacement for the building destroyed by last May’s tornado – is how attractive and permanent it looks. Joplin has a new hospital as of mid-... »
I received the following e-mail this morning concerning Speaker of the House Steve Tilley's plan to induct Rush Limbaugh into the Hall of Famous Missourians. I know this is very late, but if the decision about the bust for Rush Limbaugh hasn't been mad... »
The latest video from the Governor's Joplin Challenge features University of Missouri Football Coach Gary Pinkel discussing his trip to the tornado-ravaged city. »
Volunteers from Western Kentucky University made their third trip to Joplin recently to help with tornado recovery efforts, and the highlight of the visit, according to David Serafini, advisor of Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity, was the chance t... »
I was a bit late with the news release, which I posted earlier tonight, about the bill filed by Rep. Stacey Newman, D-St. Louis, which would make it more difficult to men to receive vasectomies in Missouri. The bill received nationwide attention Friday... »
Rebecca and Genevieve Williams, who started the enormously successful Joplin Tornado Info website, are helping with a new University of Missouri Extension website designed to serve the same purpose after this week's Branson tornado. The following news ... »
The governor recently announced the 2012 Joplin Habitat Challenge. The project is a collaboration between the state of Missouri, the Joplin Area Habitat for Humanity and major sports teams, including the Kansas City Chiefs, the Kansas City Royals, the ... »
In her weekly column, Rep. Stacey Newman, D-St. Louis, is highly critical of bills that were passed by the Missouri House this week.) Sad to say but I’m not proud of the actions of the Missouri House this past week. We passed out both of the Discrimina... »
That was the message Gov. Jay Nixon shared in Columbia today as he launched the 2012 Governor’s Joplin Habitat Challenge. The challenge, in partnership with Joplin Area Habitat for Humanity and Missouri’s major athletic organizations, aims to build 35 ... »
Seventh District Congressman Billy Long never distanced himself from House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's controversial comments that Joplin tornado victims shouldn't receive any federal money unless it was offset by spending cuts. Now it appears there ... »
In her latest report, Rep. Stacey Newman, D-St. Louis, notes that Voter ID, which will keep thousands of Missourians from voting, is being pushed as a necessity to stop voter fraud...even though the last documented instance of voter fraud in the state ... »
I am not one of those who puts down those who major in home economics, but GOP gubernatorial candidate David Spence, the businessman who underwhelmed us last week with his jobs plan, has remained consistent with his education plan. It is full of right ... »
We already have incumbent Peter Kinder and Brad Lager in the race, soon to be joined by Judy Baker and Luann Ridgeway, but another overlooked candidate, who places himself squarely in the Ron Paul/Ross Perot camp, Mike Carter, is also in the race and w... »
