LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – Tyler Ulis scored 20 points, Derek Willis added a career-best 18 and No. 20 Kentucky used an early 20-0 run to blow past outmanned Missouri 88-54 on Wednesday night. The Wildcats (16-4, 6-2 Southeastern Conference) had it easy in improving to 9-0 against the Tigers and winning their third straight overall.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Lawmakers say last fall’s campus turmoil has made them question whether the four-campus University of Missouri System needs annual state audits. System officials told a Senate panel Wednesday they don’t oppose state audits and already conduct at least 50 internal audits a year along with a broad external audit. The…
( KTRS ) The University of Missouri’s governor board says it has suspended an assistant professor accused of assault stemming from a campus run-in with student journalists during protests in November. The University of Missouri system’s Board of Curators, announced Wednesday night that Melissa Click is suspended “pending further investigation.” Click gathered national attention after…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – An assistant professor at the University of Missouri has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from a campus run-in with student journalists during protests in November. A spokeswoman for Columbia’s city prosecutor says an attorney for Melissa Click entered the plea on Click’s behalf Tuesday in municipal court.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A proposed bill in the Missouri House would require Missouri college students to take a class on freedom of speech. During a House hearing Tuesday, bill sponsor Rep. Dean Dohrman said the bill is needed after confrontations with journalists during protests at the University of Missouri last year. Assistant professor…
A proposed bill in the Missouri House would require Missouri college students to take a class on freedom of speech
( KTRS ) Republicans in the state Senate continue to criticize the University of Missouri for not firing an assistant professor who confronted journalists during campus protests last November. Melissa Click was charged with misdemeanor assault, on Monday, in connection with her run-in with a student videographer and a student photographer. The confrontation on the…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri quarterback Maty Mauk has been suspended indefinitely. Athletic director Mack Rhodes and coach Barry Odom announced the punishment on Monday night after a brief video was posted to Twitter. It shows a person appearing to snort a white, powder-like substance and the accompanying tweet mentions Mauk by name, but there…
Columbia, MO (KTRS) A University of Missouri assistant professor is now facing charges stemming from an incident during campus protests. Columbia City Prosecutor Steve Richey filed a misdemeanor assault charge against 45-year-old Melissa Click on Monday morning. The assistant professor of communications, garnered national attention after she confronted a student photographer and another student videographer during the…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) – Agriculture officials say it’s too soon to know if recent flooding in southeast Missouri damaged the area’s winter wheat crop. Anthony Ohmes, agronomy specialist at the University of Missouri Extension, told The Southeast Missourian (http://bit.ly/1PteKny ) that wheat crops can handle being submerged when it’s cold. But he says the…