The situation could not seem simpler for Missouri heading into Friday’s rivalry game with Arkansas: Win and the Tigers qualify for a bowl game, lose and they’re sitting home for the holidays. Yet there is more riding on the outcome than the chance to play one more game in December in balmy weather.
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A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 3, 2022, at Walnut Gardens Community of Christ Church, led by pastor Ken McLaughlin, with a reception after.
Repairing turbine, which could be cost effective, needed to meet required energy capacity As it has several times over the past few years, the Independence City Council faces an expensive question regarding the city’s combustion turbines. One of the six turbines, part of a pair located at Missouri 291 and Salisbury Road, has been out of service for more than a year.
A Blue Springs South High School student was taken into custody Monday for a threat posted on social media, police said. According to Blue Springs police, they received a report that day about the social media threat and along with the school district investigated the threat and identified who had posted it.
Oklahoma’s Daniel Parker has been suspended from the Sooners’ football program indefinitely, a team spokesperson confirmed Monday, after an emergency petition for protective order was filed against the fifth-year tight end in Cleveland County last week.
The Missouri women’s basketball team used a stout defense to extend its undefeated start to six games Monday. The Tigers (6-0) held Wake Forest to a season-low 28.8% shooting from the field – including just 17% in the first half – on the way to a 69-47 rout of the Demon Deacons in the opening contest of the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship in Nassau, Bahamas.
Columbia Battle made the Blue Springs boys basketball team battle for a win in its season opener. Freshman Lucas Maciel drained a 3-pointer with less than a minute remaining put the Wildcats ahead for good as they claimed a 48-44 victory over the Spartans Monday night in Columbia.
(Schedules subject to change) WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23 ECHL MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY 8:05 p.m.
11 a.m. Nov. 26 and at 11 a.m. Dec. 3, 10 and 17, the Puppetry Arts Institute, 11025 E. Winner Road, Independence, 816-8339777, will present a Christmas play, “Holly, Jolly Christmas.” The story revolves around the residents of Puppet Land and their annual holiday variety show, including seasonal songs, routines and other celebrations. Tickets are $5 per person, but children under age 2 will be admitted free. For reservations, call 816-833-9777 or email pai@att.net.