Stories from Thursday, September 1, 2011

Cox to serve as collegiate athletic director (09/01/11)
A young woman with ties to Barry County has been named as the director of intercollegiate athletics at William Woods University (WWU) in Fulton. Amber Cox, daughter of Vikki Gripka, of Joplin, and David Cox, of Cassville, will leave behind the position of chief operating officer (COO) of the Women's National Basketball Association's (WNBA) Phoenix Mercury to return to the Missouri university...