Missouri Southern State University has started an exchange program with a university in Beijing. It’s a three year agreement that will let Missouri Southern students attend lectures and classes at Beijing Broadcasting University. Students from China will be able to study in Joplin, Missouri. Students will pay tuition for their own university and pick up the costs of their flights.
Campaign Launched To Make Missouri Priest A Saint
November 28, 2003 By
A campaign has been started to make a Catholic priest educated in Missouri a saint. He’s Father Emil Kapaun. The effort is being led by the Wichita, Kansas Catholic Diocese. He was a Kansas native who was educated at Conception High School and College in Conception, Missouri. He was with the Army in Korea and was captured when he refused to leave wounded members of his unit. He died in a North Korean prison camp.
Child With Lighter Blamed In Carthage Fire
November 28, 2003 By
A child playing with a cigarette lighter is the listed cause of an apartment fire in Carthage that has left three families homeless. The fire left four units of a 12-unit apartment building uninhabitable. One woman suffered a back injury when she jumped out of a second-story window. The Red Cross has helped three families find temporary quarters.
Shoppers Out In Force On "Black Friday"
November 28, 2003 By
Shopping malls and stores in Missouri are filling up today in the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. David Overfelt with the Missouri Retailers Association says this Christmas season, electronic games should be popular. Overfelt says what is standing out this year is sales projections. He expects sales, fueled by a stronger economy, could be up nearly six percent from a year ago. That would make this Christmas the brightest for retailers since 1999.
Royals Bring Back Randa, Anderson, Leskanic
November 27, 2003 By
The Kansas City Royals are off to a good start this holiday season. The Royals resigned three free agents yesterday, bringing back third baseman Joe Randa, starter Brian Anderson and and reliever Curtis Leskanic back to Kansas City next year. Anderson signed a two-year deal. Randa received a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2005. Leskanic signed a one-year contract with a club option for ’05. Randa hit .291 last year and led all MLB third baseman in fielding percentage, Anderson and Leskanic were both mid-season pickups. Anderson went 5-1 with KC with an ERA of 3.99. Leskanic made 27 relief appearances for the Royals, posting an ERA of 1.73.
