January 7, 2011

At a time when capital was hard to come by, financing from the US Small Business Administration’s lending programs more than doubled in 2010 from the previous year in Boone County. Local banks issued 56 SBA-backed loans last year that totaled $15.4 million, compared with 42 loans totaling $5.9 million in 2009, according to a

University of Missouri President Gary Forsee has resigned. Forsee told curators during a meeting in Columbia today that he is quitting, effective immediately, “solely for personal reasons.”  Forsee told curators his wife Sherry is recovering well from recent surgery and will “soon begin a treatment regimen to ensure she remains cancer-free,” according to a news