by admin | Dec 24, 2020 | Education, Health / Medicine, History, News
A former Missouri lawmaker from the Ozarks who led the effort to rename Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield has died at the age of 80. Springfield television station KY-3 quotes family members as saying former State Rep. B.J. Marsh, R-Springfield, died...
by admin | Oct 14, 2020 | History, News
Southwest Missouri’s Drury University will host a virtual forum Wednesday evening about Amendment Three, which will appear on your November ballot. The issue has been a controversial one at the Statehouse in Jefferson City. Tonight’s one-hour forum begins...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 15, 2020 | Business, Education, Health / Medicine, News
Missouri State University President Clif Smart will be taking a pay cut, along with some others at the southwest Missouri school. The decisions follow the state withholding $7.6 million in funding for MSU in Springfield, another result of COVID-19’s wrath unleashing...
by Mike Lear | Jun 30, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
The issue of gay marriage seems sure to feature in the 2016 race for governor in Missouri after four same-sex couples were married last week in St. Louis. Their unions set up a challenge to Missouri’s constitutional ban on gay marriage that Democratic Attorney...
by Mike Lear | Jul 24, 2013 | News
Missouri grapevines saved the European wine industry in the 1800s. Now a Missouri State University researcher is building on that work for broader results. When a rootstock of Missouri grapevines were sent to Europe, they helped save that continent’s wine...