William Jewell College News

Students tried to catch some moments of slumber at William Jewell College as they slept inside cardboard boxes in an effort to promote homelessness awareness.

Deteriorating sidewalks and heavy truck traffic along Lightburne Street were among the top concerns voiced by residents of the Jewell Historic District at a charrette Oct.

Anne Winters, a sophomore theater major, will perform in the upcoming play The Idiots Karamazov at William Jewell College.

Housing starts may be in a slump, but commercial activity has been booming in Liberty.

Program: J.S. Bach's Toccata Adagio and Fugue in C BWV 564 and Contrapuncti No. 2, 14 & 6 from Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1089; Ian Coleman's Pebbles, Rocks, Shells and Bones; Edward Elgar's Allegro maestoso ; Max Reger's Benedictus; Maurice Durufle's Sicilienne ; and Franz Liszt's Prelude and Fugue on BACH.

Here's a look at the LGBT community organizing online: Equal is a rather promising website for the LBGT community aimed at offering information and resources to the millennial demographic.

Gov. Jay Nixon announced Thursday that he had selected a Lees Summit lawyer to serve on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District in Kansas City.Cynthia Reams Martin will fill a seat vacated earlier this year when Judge Joseph Dandurand resigned to work for Attorney General Chris Koster.A graduate of William Jewell College and the University ...

Jennifer Brown is so funny she has won humor awards, but funny is not what this interview is about.Sort of the opposite.The 37-year-old writer from Liberty is the author of 'Hate List,' her new first novel that could be described as tragic and heartbreaking, also redemptive and hopeful - but not funny.Brown began her pursuit of a writing career 10 ...

LIBERTY, Mo. a ' Northland students spent Monday honing their leadership skills by discussing controversial topics.

Dr. and Mrs. Jon Foley of Cape Girardeau announce the engagement of their daughter, Erika Lauren Foley, to Andrew Michael Eaton, both of Kansas City, Mo.

William Jewell College vs. Sterling College; Graceland University vs. Kansas Wesleyan University; University of Saint Mary vs.

Missouri State University in Springfield conferred 570 degrees to students this summer during commencement ceremonies July 31.

The Park Hill and North Kansas City school districts feel Liberty's pain. And someday, when Kearney and Smithville bloom into mega-suburbs, they'll open second high schools, squawk and shake their tail feathers, too.

Rebecka Noel thought she had a teaching job with the Kansas City Missouri School District but after going to teacher orientation on Aug.

The summer of 2009 in Kansas City will be remembered for less heat and less money.It was one of the coolest summers on record, which was good in many ways.

Are stray cats roaming around yowling at midnight a problem in the Jewell Historic District or are neighbors more concerned with parking, crumbling sidewalks and low-hanging tree branches? Nobody knows right now, but the city is planning to find out just what the neighbors think.

When a tornado struck Liberty on May 4, 2003, the housing complex for married couples at William Jewell College was destroyed.

The 2009-2010 exhibit season of the Stocksdale Gallery of William Jewell College begins Wednesday, Sept.

It's a brand new day for some students at William Jewell College. A new school year brings new friends, new studies and for some sorority sisters -- a new building.

A new residential complex will welcome its first students Friday at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo.