(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The University of Central Missouri is putting a 2.1 percent increase in base resident undergraduate and graduate tuition in preparation for the fall 2018 semester according to a… Read more »
Author: Muleskinner Staff
Jennies head to D2 finals Friday
(SIOUX FALLS, SD) – The Jennies are back in the NCAA championship game after defeating No. 7 seed Union 70-57 in the semi-finals. The Jennies are scheduled to play No…. Read more »

Richard Lee Schowengerdt
Richard Lee Schowengerdt, 81, of Knob Noster, Missouri, died Friday, March 16, at St. Luke’s East in Lees Summit, Missouri.
Robert Glenn ‘Bob’ Sites
Robert Glenn “Bob” Sites, 86, of Leeton, Missouri, died Friday, March 16, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg.

Linda Leigh Jacobs
Linda Leigh Jacobs, 65, of Holden, Missouri, died Sunday, March 19, at her home.
Athletics hosts pregame party for Jennies basketball fans
(SIOUX FALLS, S.D.) – The Jennies basketball team is back in the Final Four and UCM Athletics is throwing a pregame party in Sioux Falls. A pregame fan gathering is… Read more »
New WMMC health information blog
Western Missouri Medical Center has launched a health information blog to support the organization’s mission of being the community’s partner for health, according to a press release. The health information… Read more »

TV show ‘American Pickers’ to film in Missouri
Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz and their team are planning to film episodes of “American Pickers” throughout Missouri. The show is looking for people to share their interesting antique collections with… Read more »

Talking Mules debating at the Montgomery Cup
VIDEO BY THE UCM BACKPACK JOURNALISM TEAM (DUNDEE, SCOTLAND) – The Talking Mules Speech and Debate Team had their first Montgomery Cup debate against Edinburgh University on March 4, and… Read more »

Carol A. Cox
Carol A. Cox, 74, Holden, Missouri died March 12, at Research Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.