The Vancouver Canucks are a hot team right now. In their last game before a 14 game road trip thanks to the Olympics, the Canucks rattled off their sixth win in a row by beating the St. Louis Blues 3-2 Wednesday night. Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo stopped 25 Blues’ shots in the win.
Missouri State continues to dominate at home
January 28, 2010 By
Missouri State outrebounded visiting Evansville by a 45 to 29 margin and held off a late surge by the Purple Aces to claim a 76-66 Missouri Valley Conference victory here Wednesday night before 7,430 fans at JQH Arena. With the victory, the Bears improved to 15-6 overall and 11-1 at home this season. Will Creekmore notched a career-high 20 points and snagged eight rebounds to pace the win for Cuonzo Martin’s team, which evened its MVC record at 5-5.
4th ranked Mules wrap up road trip with win
January 28, 2010 By
The 4th ranked Central Missouri Mules held off Missouri Southern Wednesday night to finish a three-game road trip going 3-0, winning 91-82. The victory marked the seventh consecutive season that UCM has won at least 18 games, all under head coach Kim Anderson.
Three Mo. schools in D-II regional rankings
January 28, 2010 By
These rankings help determine host sites and the eight 8-team regionals that make up the 64-team NCAA Division II national tournament, beginning March 13, 2010. The winners of each of the regions advance to the Elite Eight in Springfield, Mass., on March 24-27, 2010. Last year, Central Missouri hosted and won their regional while they advanced to the Elite Eight.
Do drugs–don’t get welfare
January 27, 2010 By
A new effort is being made to take away welfare checks from some recipients if they’re on drugs.
A half-dozen proposals have been introduced in the legislature requiring drug tests for recipients in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program who are suspected of being on drugs. The House passed a bill last year but it died in the Senate. The Senate is where most of the bills have been introduced this year.
Cape Giardeau Senator Jason Crowell, the sponsor of one of them, says the TANF program is designed to prepare people for jobs in the private sector that are not available to people on drugs. Crowell comment :33 mp3
The sponsor of another bill, Senator Bill Stouffer of Napton, says taxpayers should not allow people to use taxpayer-funded assistance checks to buy drugs. Stouffer comment :28 mp3
The proposals would cut confirmed drug users off the TANF rolls for one to three years. Opponents say the state does not have a system to deal with recipients who have those problems although they say the Department of Mental Health would refer people to treatment programs. The bills do not require treatment or say how the state would pay for it.
