Football Coach Dies in University Office

The head football coach at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin has died of apparent heart failure. The Jasper County coroner says Coach John Ware died Tuesday morning, in his office at the university. He was found slumped over his desk and efforts to...

Missouri Southern Students Offered Courses from Up North

Students at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin could soon be taking graduate programs from Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville. They’ll be taking the courses through television or over the Internet. The agreement between the schools lets...

MIAA Players of the Week Announced

The MIAA has named its college basketball players of the week. On the men’s side the honor goes to Missouri Southern guard Eddie Santiago who averaged 19 points and eight assists in two Lion wins. The women’s player of the week also comes from a Missouri...

Westre, Rzeszut Named MIAA Players of Week

The MIAA has named its players of the week in men’s and women’s basketball. Brian Westre earns the men’s honor. The Missouri-Rolla center averaged 22 points and 11.5 rebounds in two games last week for the Miners. Missouri-Rolla split those two...