Eason Scores 18 As LSU Rolls Past Missouri 75-55
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tari Eason scored 18 points off the bench, leading four in double figures, and LSU rolled past Missouri 75-55 on Saturday night.
March 2022
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Basketball Tigers’ Scorching Start Torches Trojans
TRENTON — The court might have been neutral for last Friday night’s postponed Class 3 District 16 tournament game, but the Marceline High School basketball Tigers jammed it into high gear immediately and crushed injury-crimped Carrollton 48-29 in a semifinals clash that wasn’t nearly as close as the final 19-points margin.
MLB Labor Talks Intensify As Deadline Nears To Save Openers
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Locked-out players and Major League Baseball engaged in a series of intense meetings that stretched into Monday night as they attempted to forge the path to a labor deal before management’s deadline for salvaging opening day on March 31.
No. 2 Seeds Linn County, Northwestern Are No. 1 In Cage District
MEADVILLE — The Linn County High School basketball Lady Mustangs punctuated the “upset the apple cart” plot line of the Class 1 District 12 tournament last Thursday as two No. 2 seeds walked away with the top prizes – district crowns and a chance to play last night in the state tournament.
A Shelling, A Young Girl, And Hopeless Moments In A Hospital
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — In the port city of Mariupol, where Ukrainians are trying to fend off a Russian advance, an ambulance raced into a city hospital Sunday, carrying a 6-year-old girl mortally injured in Russian shelling.
Be Alert For Potholes And The Road Crews Fixing Them
Snow and ice brought their own unique challenges to driving during the month of February. As temperatures warm this week, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is focusing on the potholes left in the road with all the fluctuating temperatures and precipitation.
AAA: Crude Oil Hits $100 Per Barrel Amid Geopolitical Unrest
The statewide gas price average in Missouri is $3.22 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to the AAA Missouri Weekend Gas Watch. That price is four cents more compared to this day last week and is 80 cents more per gallon compared to this day last year. Of the major metropolitan areas surveyed in Missouri, drivers in Jefferson City are paying the most on average at $3.28 while drivers in Joplin are paying the least at $3.11 per gallon. The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is $3.54, which is two cents more compared to this day last week and 88 cents more than the price per gallon at this same time last year, according to AAA Gas Prices.
Expanded Bicycle Use On MDC Areas
Bicycles and electric bicycles will now be allowed on many conservation-area service roads and multi-use trails. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.
Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre Resumes 60th Anniversary Season With “Our Town”
The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre resumes its 60th anniversary season with a series of spring productions, beginning with Thornton Wilder’s beloved American classic, Our Town, March 2-6. Our Town is widely regarded as the greatest American play ever written and follows the small town of Grover’s Corners through three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage,” and “Death and Eternity.” The production is narrated by a stage manager and performed with minimal props and sets.
Historically Yours: In The Beginning…From Discontented Colonists To The United States Of America
Contrary to history books, the United States of America didn’t begin functioning as a nation on July 4, 1776. It was a gradual process beginning with discontented colonists in the 1760s, to acts of defiance until war broke out in 1775, followed by the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and finally the Constitution as passed by the constitutional convention on September 17, 1787. It took until June 21, 1788, for the Constitution to be ratified. At that time, Congress set elections to take place from Monday, December 15, 1788, through Saturday, January 10, 1789, with the new government to begin on Wednesday, March 4, 1789.