Tagged: university of missouri press

Regional news coverage from the KBIA newscast, including:

• The announcement that the University of Missouri Press is closing
• "FASTCAT" is the new bus line in Columbia that will run between the MU campus and downtown Columbia
• The Columbia Fraternal Order of Police continues to call for the removal of Chief Ken Burton
• The Missouri Council of the blind wants a Columbia chapter

The University of Missouri Press will close. That’s according to a press release issued today by the University of Missouri system. The UM system provides the University of Missouri Press with a $400,000 yearly subsidy, and according to the press release, the Press has been unable to operate without a deficit in recent years.