by admin | Jan 25, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Education, Health / Medicine, News
Legislation that would allow a private college in southwest Missouri to employ police officers on-campus will go before a House committee Monday in Jefferson City. The bill from State Rep. Jeff Justus, R-Branson, will be heard Monday at noon by the House Crime...
by Alisa Nelson | Dec 27, 2019 | Business, Education, News
The percentage of students graduating from Missouri’s colleges and universities has increased by about 15% since 2011. A state press release says the largest increases come from Missouri’s community and technical colleges, which graduated 26% more students in 2018...
by admin | Aug 19, 2019 | Business, News, Politics / Govt, Weather
A southwest Missouri GOP congressman is bringing in a key Democrat on Capitol Hill for this week’s farm tour across the Ozarks. U.S. Rep. Billy Long, R-Springfield, conducts the farm tour every August. Long’s guest this year is House Agriculture Committee...
by Bill Pollock | Mar 11, 2016 | Sports Features
One of the all-time winningest programs at the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championships, College of the Ozarks (Mo.) avoided the upset that two No. 2 seeds had already fallen victim to at the 2016 event, presented by Mercy Medical Center and Seaboard...
by Bill Pollock | Mar 19, 2014 | Sports Features
Top-seeded Saint Francis (Ind.) capped a perfect season with a 75-68 win over No. 7 seeded College of the Ozarks (Mo.) in the title game of the 2014 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship. The title is the first-ever for the Cougars, who previously...