Long Time Mizzou Baseball Coach Steps Down
Jamieson Walks Away After 22 Years
Feds consider whether to shut for-profit college watchdog
BOSTON (AP) — Federal education officials are deciding whether to shut down the nation’s biggest accreditor of for-profit colleges over allegations it overlooked deception by some of its schools. The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges is meant to be a watchdog for hundreds of for-profit colleges. Its seal of approval allows schools to get federal…
St. Louis-area lawmaker to drop out of Missouri House race
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis-area Democratic lawmaker says she won’t run for re-election and will return to teaching. Rep. Genise Montecillo announced Friday she’s dropping out of the race after the Aug. 2 primary. She’ll remain in office for the short September session and through the rest of her term, which ends…
‘Ali! Ali!’: The Greatest Is Laid to Rest in His Hometown
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Greatest was laid to rest in his hometown Friday after an all-day send-off that was a lot like Muhammad Ali himself – serious at times, but also exuberant, bracingly political, and funny. Ali made one final journey through the city he adored via a fist-pumping funeral procession through the streets…
Wainwright’s pinch-hit double leads Cardinals past Pirates
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Adam Wainwright has 121 wins in his 12-year career along with two World Series rings and two second-place finishes in the NL Cy Young Award balloting. However, the St. Louis Cardinals pitcher won’t have many more memorable moments than he had Friday night. Pinch-hitting because the Cardinals were out of positon players,…
Governor Nixon approves bill to regulate daily fantasy sports sites
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri is one of the latest states to enact legislation to legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports games. Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law Friday a measure to give the state Gaming Commission oversight of the practice and require licensing fees. It takes effect in August. Websites such as DraftKings…
Rush Limbaugh endorses Kinder in Missouri governor’s race
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is touting an endorsement from conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh in Missouri’s four-way Republican primary for governor. Kinder is running a radio ad in which Limbaugh recounts that he grew up with Kinder in Cape Girardeau and describes him as a lifelong close friend.…
Missouri Southern to resume intern program at state Capitol
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Southern State University plans to resume sending legislative interns to the state Capitol for the 2017 session. The university in Joplin withdrew its four interns during the 2015 session. University officials have never said exactly why they took the action. After the 2015 session, House speaker John Diehl resigned for…
Biden offers off-the-cuff endorsement of Clinton
WASHINGTON (AP) – It almost went unnoticed, but in a nine-word tangent, Vice President Joe Biden has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. Biden had been expected to hold off on his formal endorsement for a day or two after President Barack Obama endorsed Clinton on Thursday. Biden met with Bernie Sanders on Thursday and had…