Breckin Jacob Erbert, son of John and Libby Erbert, Hiawatha, was born June 30, 2011, in Hiawatha. He weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and was 19 inches long.Breckin joins sisters Jocelyn and Kameron Erbert. His…

Chera Maestri and Zeb Scheibmeir, Mountain Home, Ark., are engaged to be married at 5 p.m. Oct. 8 at Stone Creek Ranch in Mountain Home.The bride-elect is a 1999 graduate of Mountain Home High School…

Wayne and Mary Dunn, Humboldt, will celebrate their 40th anniversary Sunday.The Dunns were married on Aug. 21, 1971, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Chanute.They had four children, Aaron, Roseville, Minn., Sarah Griesel and her…

Friends and acquaintances of Russell and Wanda Guder are invited to help the couple celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary tonight.Russell Guder and Wanda Carson were married Aug. 16, 1971, in Miami, Okla.They are lifelong residents…

The power of diplomacy and economic sanctions is being tested again by the United States and its European allies. Thursday President Barack Obama, the European Union, and the leaders of Britain, France and Germany joined…

Joplin’s schools opened on time! The exclamation point says it all. Many — including the construction workers who made it happen — didn’t believe Joplin’s students, all 6,978 of them, could possibly be back behind…

HUMBOLDT — Equipment checkout for Humboldt’s youth tackle football teams will be Sunday afternoon at Humboldt High’s cafeteria.Equipment will be given to players on the fifth- and sixth-grade team at 2:30 and to third- and…

Passing the torch is how head coach Jessica Peters phrases it.“We had a great outside hitter in Nicole Rockhold the past two years and now Alli Jenicke. And we have a freshman, Hayley Mertens, we…

A nearly two-year mystery came to an end on a sad note Thursday for the family of former Iolan Brian Trester.Authorities in Lyon County have positively identified the skeletal remains in a dried creek bed…

After two extensions and multiple advertisements in area publications, the Healthy Allen award offered by The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City (HCF) has yet to receive a single nomination.“I’d hate to not award…