07/16/11 Aaron Baker scattered seven hits in six innings and Landon Fall pitched three scoreless innings in relief as the Sedalia Bombers defeated the Joplin Outlaws 8-0 in a MINK League game Friday night at the Joplin Athletic Complex.
07/16/11 A recent editorial cartoon on this page showed the Republican Party elephant character bemoaning the sorry slate of candidates running for the presidency. At his back was a female candidate joining the field, one who should greatly enliven GOP debates in coming months.
07/16/11 Pittsburg Farmers Market Pittsburg Farmers Market will open at 7:30 a.m. and run until noon or sold out at Second and Broadway. Parking will be available in the Bank of America parking lot, with a new walkway built for customers to walk over to the market.
07/16/11 The recent community conversation about the design and cost of a new railroad depot in Kewanee brought back memories of my college days, especially a comment by City Councilman Andy Koehler about the walls of glass windows in the now-planned building.
07/16/11 Abby Risner, former standout goalie at Bentonville (Ark.) High School, has transferred from Mississippi State to play soccer at Missouri Southern.
07/16/11 Webb City Post 322 parlayed solid pitching from Richie Peoples and Derek Mann and a flawless defense into a 3-1 win against the second-seeded Joplin Miners in the first round of the Missouri American Legion District 15 AAA Tournament on Thursday night.
07/02/11 NEVADA -- The Nevada Red Sox six-game winning streak melted away during the heat of Friday afternoon's 5-3 loss to Carthage in eight innings in the first of two scheduled seven inning contests in American Legion AAA baseball. The result of the second game was not available at press time.
07/02/11 Coups de foudre The Aeneid by Virgil Dido, Queen of Carthage, greets Aeneas and his son. But the latter is the disguised love god Cupid, instructed by his mother Venus to make the Queen fall for Aeneas. "Unhappy Dido little thought what guest, / How dire a god she drew so near her breast. / But he, not mindless of his mother's pray'r, / Works in the pliant bosom of the fair". Troilus and ...
07/01/11 Afternoon Movie -- 3 p.m., Keokuk Public Library Round Room, 210 N. Fifth St. All ages welcome. First to arrive get to help pick the movie of the day. Free and open to the public. No registration or signup is needed.
07/01/11 Accusations that ousted Tunisian president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali possessed and planned to sell marijuana are "irrational", his lawyer says.
07/01/11 Accusations that ousted Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali possessed and planned to sell marijuana are irrational, his lawyer said Friday as the exiled leader faces another trial, this one on drug trafficking charges during his rule.
06/26/11 Rehobeth Cemetery Association, meeting, 10 a.m. business meeting; 10:45 a.m. worship meeting; noon covered dish lunch, today, Carthage. For information and directions, call (903) 693-5250 or (903) 331-2697.
06/25/11 Moore County may soon go paperless - at least as far as the board of commissioners' agenda packet is concerned.
06/25/11 Drew Doring hit a double and a triple and Alex Sadowski drove in three runs to lead the Racine Cyclones to a 7-4 victory over the Racine Mudcats Friday night in an American Legion baseball game at Carthage College in Kenosha.
06/09/11 What an outstanding year it has been for Barrington's Matt Logue and Buffalo Grove's Chris Shanahan.The two dynamic hitters, teammates on the Rolling Thunder and Pipeline club squads in the offseason, were both players of the year in the Mid-Suburban League and led their teams to perfect division records. As a result, the two stars are now the Cook County co-captains of the 2011 Daily Herald ...
06/06/11 After four years of playing some of the best softball the Tri-Cities has ever seen, St. Charles North will end its run at a fitting place -- East Peoria playing for the Class 4A state championship. The North Stars punched their ticket with a convincing 12-4 victory Monday over DeKalb in the Class 4A DeKalb supersectional at Mary M. Bell Field on the campus of Northern Illinois University.
06/06/11 JOY Sunday School Class of the Arcadia Christian Church met May 16 for a monthly dinner and business session.
06/01/11 A national craze arrived along the National Road Wednesday, when the world's longest yard sale got underway. The U.S. 40 Yard Sale stretches 800 miles from St. Louis to Baltimore. A national craze arrived along the National Road Wednesday, when the world's longest yard sale got underway. The U.S. 40 Yard Sale stretches 800 miles from St. Louis to Baltimore. In Indiana, the City of Greenfield has ...
05/27/11 Officials with St. John's in Joplin say hospital services will return this coming Sunday. CEO Lynn Britton says a 60-bed mobile hospital will offer surgery, imaging and inpatient care just to name a few things. St. John's Mercy Hospital will also be able to withstand 100 mile per hour winds.
05/27/11 Scripps Howard News Service"It's just like you feel with the loss of a beloved pet, yet we always knew there'd come a day..." | 
