(NEW YORK, AP) — Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp., the third-largest cellphone company in the U.S., hit their highest level in a year on Thursday following a report that it’s… Read more »
Category: Features

Pearce offers public speaking tips to students
By KATIE DOUGLAS (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – Going into a job interview well-dressed with a top-notch resume, your confidence is high, but when it is time to talk, gulp, nothing… Read more »

UCM students get colorful at the Color Run
(LAWRENCE, Kan.) – Eight University of Central Missouri students participated in the Color Run Saturday, joining a host of other runners dressed in white ready to be sprayed by clouds… Read more »
Fraternity raises money for Cystic Fybrosis
Story by Jason Strickland, Sports Editor — The Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity at UCM rekindled a tradition from the 1980s this week. They are carrying a football 140 miles from Warrensburg… Read more »

Voter registration deadline is approaching
By SEAN McCARRELL (WARRENSBURG, MO., digitalBURG) – Election Day, Nov. 6, is less than five weeks away, and voters have less than one week to register. Johnson County Clerk Diane… Read more »

Local historian contributes Blind Boone chapter
By MICHAEL FREEMAN (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – A local historian spent hours scouring libraries across the Midwest for any mention of the famed ragtime pianist, John William “Blind” Boone, culminating… Read more »

Skyhaven hosts Sport Aviation Classic Oct. 4-7
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – There’s plenty of action happening at the UCM airport this weekend, from free airplane rides to a visit by the president of the Tuskegee Airmen association. The… Read more »

Parents pack the theater for student talent show
By ANDREW MATHER (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – It’s that time of year when parents overrun the UCM campus for Family Weekend. And one of the most anticipated events of the… Read more »

UCM theater season kicks off Oct. 3
Story by Mitchell Brown, for the Muleskinner — The UCM theater department is getting ready to unveil its 2012-2013 season, with the theme of “Vibrant American Voices.” Richard Herman, department chair,… Read more »

Works in Wood artist featured at Old Drum Co.
“Works in Wood” by award-winning artist, Jerry Miller is scheduled for showing at the Old Drum Gallery & Trading Co. from Oct. 2-27. Miller’s works are in many private and… Read more »