by admin | Mar 29, 2001 | Education
Talking with hands is being advocated as a for-credit course in our schools. The Missouri Commission for the Deaf is behind an effort to have American Sign Language designated a distinct language and believes the learning of A.S.L. should fulfill foreign language...
by admin | Mar 29, 2001 | News
There are times a sports story transcends the world of athletics. Such is the case with the Southwest Missouri State University Lady Bears basketball team, which begins Final Four play tonight in St. Louis. The success of the Lady Bears is being talked up in the...
by admin | Mar 29, 2001 | Politics / Govt
The Missouri Republican Party is accusing Governor Bob Holden and the state Democratic Party of playing political games over the legality of a sitting member of the Legislature being a member of a state commission. Representative Mark Richardson of Poplar Bluff, a...
by admin | Mar 29, 2001 | News
Members of the Missouri House have given tentative approval to a prescription drug plan that would protect senior citizens from financial ruin. It’s a catastrophic plan that kicks in after seniors pay the first $1,500. It carries a price tag of $70-million....
by admin | Mar 29, 2001 | Sports Features
As she prepares for the Purdue Boilermakers, SMS standout Jackie Stiles received some more kudos yesterday. Stiles was named the top women’s college basketball player in the country by ESPN The Magazine as well as the top shooting guard. Stiles is averaging...
