Stories from Monday, December 1, 2008

Tiffany and Dan Hayworth, of Lamar, Mo., and big brother Cody, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Ashlyn Marie Hayworth. Ashlyn was born at 7:32 a.m., on Nov. 25, 2008, at Freeman Hospital, in Joplin. She weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and measured 19 inches...

The Nevada Tigers varsity basketball team opened their season against the Hound Dawgs of Aurora High School Monday night with less than stellar results. No one knew going into the game what kind of team that head coach John McNeley would have this year, but the performance was still much different from what was expected. ...