For the next 58 years, Wentworth was headed by Sanford Sellers, who oversaw the building of the campus, built the school’s national reputation and added the junior college in 1923.

Citing financial difficulties, the board of trustees for the Wentworth Military Academy and College in Lexington, Mo., will cease operations and liquidate when the current semester ends on May 31.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri military academy and college that dated to 1880 before abruptly shuttering at the end of May can’t afford to pay its faculty as previously promised, according to ...

LEXINGTON (AP) — Administrators say a 137-year-old Missouri military academy and college will close after next month because of declining enrollment, rising costs and aging facilities.

LEXINGTON, Mo. (AP) — Administrators say a 137-year-old Missouri military academy and college will close after next month because of declining enrollment, rising costs and aging facilities.