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The 2016 Ozark grad who played a year at Drury will be a contestant on the second season of FBOY Island.

The study found that minority-owned businesses had a harder time receiving credit, while a companion study found they had to pay back more government assistance than white-owned businesses in 2020.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Embarking upon a new year, with a multitude of challenges, the economic recovery continues globally and regionally, which sets the stage for the University of Kentuckys 33rd

Embarking upon a new year, with a multitude of challenges, the economic recovery continues globally and regionally, which sets the stage for the University of Kentucky's 33rd annual Economic Outlook Conference 8 a.m.-noon EST Tuesday, Feb. 8.

Supporters of raising the minimum wage argue that doing so will reduce poverty. It seems intuitive that raising the minimum wage would have this effect. Presumably, requiring employers to pay their lowest-paid employees more would lift large numbers of low-income households out of poverty. But the evidence shows that this does not happen. Despite supporters' good intentions, a higher minimum wage will not reduce poverty. This is true for three main reasons.

Sonia Eden Dr. Sonia Eden and her mother, Doris LaGrone, in Paris on one of their many overseas adventures. Detroit Medical Center Sonia Eden, M.D. Dr. Sonia Eden took the job in September as chief of neurosurgery at DMC Harper University Hospital in Detroit because she felt like the offer was a calling for her to make a difference in the care of the many medically and socially underserved patients in her hometown. "My work is very mission driven. Serving the underserved is what fills my tank,"...

Students were just settling in on the campus of Mount St. Mary’s University in Western Maryland when researchers wearing protective gear began scooping up weekly samples from the pipes outside their dorms. Before long, scientists, working with the local health team, had made a discovery from the toilet water: shed particles of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus. Without a single student getting a nose swab, public health officials knew that a student at the small, private university — ...

Universities, cities and states are testing wastewater for the virus Ovetta Wiggins, The Washington Post Dec. 25, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Allan Matovu-Barigye collects untreated wastewater at the Ballenger-McKinney treatment facility in Frederick, Md., on Dec. 18. Twice a week, samples are collected and sent to a lab in Rockville to be screened for the coronavirus.Washington Post photo by Katherine FreyShow MoreShow Less 2of3Samples of wastewater from the Ballenger-McKinney...

Flushing out the coronavirus: Universities, cities and states are testing wastewater for the virus Ovetta Wiggins © Katherine Frey/The Washington Post Allan Matovu-Barigye collects untreated wastewater at the Ballenger-McKinney treatment facility in Frederick, Md., on Dec. 18. Twice a week, samples are collected and sent to a lab in Rockville to be screened for the coronavirus. Students were just settling in on the campus of Mount St. Mary’s University in Western Maryland...

Geography wasn’t kind to the Ozark and Nixa hoopsters two years ago and still wasn’t a friend to the Eagles and Lady Eagles last year. The schools’ proximity to Kickapoo placed them in the same District as the Chiefs and Lady Chiefs. Ozark received a respite from Kickapoo last year by heading east to Lebanon.  This season, both Ozark and Nixa won’t see Kickapoo at Districts. MSHSAA released its new classifications and alignments last week, with Ozark and Nixa both being p...