KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Dec. 4 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: Lilli Frasure of Indiana Wesleyan has been named the NAIA Women's Basketball Offensive Player of the Week and Jerney Bennett of Oklahoma City has been named the NAIA Women's Basketball Defensive Player of the Week. The duo was selected based on their performances from November 25 through December 1 and were chosen out of a pool of conference/Continental Athletic Conference (  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Dec. 4 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: Peyton Law of Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) secured NAIA Men's Basketball Offensive Player of the Week honors. At the same time, Keyshawn Robinson of Cumberland (Tenn.) was named the NAIA Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Week. The duo was selected based on their performances from November 26 - December 1 and were chosen out of a pool of conference/Continental Athletic Confe  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Dec. 3 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following Q&A on Dec. 2, 2024, with Ariel Cohen, health policy reporter for CQ Roll Call: * * * Ariel Cohen, a health policy reporter for CQ Roll Call, recently completed a comprehensive series of six stories examining abortion care policies in the United States and France. This in-depth reporting project, made possible through AHCJ's International Health Study Fellowship, allowed Cohen to spend two weeks in Fr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The League of Women Voters issued the following news release: Jefferson City, Mo. - A Cole County Circuit Court judge issued a permanent injunction against four provisions of Missouri House Bill 1878 that criminalized voter engagement efforts and chilled the freedom of speech of organizations whose priorities are to register and educate voters. The challenge was brought by the League of Women Voters of Missouri and the Missouri State Conference of the NAACP, who are repres  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Dec. 4 -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics issued the following news release: The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has signed a three-year partnership with Neptune GameTime as the Official Custom Music Solution of the NAIA. Neptune GameTime provides public-appropriate music and an amped-up professional gameday experience to thousands of high schools and colleges across the country. As a licensed background music provider in go  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Dec. 4 -- The National Association of State Energy Officials issued the following news: On November 14, 2024, the Missouri Division of Energy and the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) hosted a kickoff event for the state's freight electrification planning effort. Building on the success of the state's previous Alternative Fuel Network planning, Missouri is now developing an action plan for medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastru  more

MARYVILLE, Missouri, Dec. 4 -- Northwest Missouri State University issued the following news release: U.S. Bank Wealth Management, representing two charitable trusts, recently awarded a total of $25,000 to Northwest Missouri State University and the Northwest Foundation to support the University's micro-creamery expansion. The Foundation received $20,000 from the Gary G. Taylor Trust and $5,000 from the Harry and Helena Messick Charitable Trust. Both trusts are managed by U.S. Bank Wealth Mana  more