Emily Pearson and Nick Fuller will wed May 20, 2023, at the Elmwood Park Grotto and Pavilion in Omaha, Nebraska.

Cunninghams celebrate 50 years of marriage Jan and Barry Cunningham of Kansas City, Missouri, are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on April 5, 2023. The couple first met while teaching in Kemmerer, Wyoming and have been inseparable ever since.

Otis and Joy (Chaney) Barchers will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on March 15, 2023. They were married at the Christian Church in Rolla, Missouri.

Ralph “Wes” and Twila (McSparren) Penrod will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary with a reception from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, December 18, at Penrod’s Greenhouse, Kearney, MO.

Private 1st Class Thomas Dyer graduated from Marine Corps recruit training in San Diego on Aug. 19. He is the son of Greg and Kelsey Cole of Gladstone and graduated with honors from Oak Park High School in May of 2022.

Leo and Mary Esther Courter celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2022. They were married in Kansas City in 1957.

Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin Matthew Howe.

Stewart and Rose Marie (Cantlon) Shepherd celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Stewart and Rose were married on Oct. 17, 1951, at the Liberty Methodist Church, Liberty.

Niegsches celebrate 65th wedding anniversary

Leonard and Vivian Lentz of Wheatland, MO married October 1st, 1961, are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary.

Gregoire, Petrey to wed Stephen and Christine Gregoire of Liberty, MO, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Danielle Marie Gregoire to Samuel Harlan Petrey, son of Kenneth and Katherine Petrey of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The future bride is a graduate of Oklahoma City Un…

Everly Ann Buehrer was born April 6, 2021, to Josh and Heather Buehrer. She weighed 8 lbs 12 oz.

D. Tom and Sally Rowe Jones are celebrating 70 years of marriage.

Harry and Barbara Laughman of Kearney, will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Friday, Sept. 25.

WL Conley is turning 100 years old on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020.

Please join us in celebrating Jeri Raines’ 90th birthday, from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, at the Updike Barn Missouri Highway C.

Jack and Wilda Haley will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on Friday, July 31. The couple married July 31, 1950 in Princeton, Missouri at the home of Rev. Flute Walker.

Johnny Weidmaier of Holt and Lexie Howard of Holt are pleased to announce their engagement.

Stranges celebrate 60 years of marriage Donald Ray and Shirley Diane Strange celebrated 60 years of marriage. They were united in marriage at Arley United Methodist Church on May 20, 1960. They have lived around Clay County except for a few years when work required moving south of the river.

Celebrating 60 years

Ensign Alison Gates of Kansas City North will graduate May 20, from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. She will be commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard.

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Parson appointed Judge W. Doug Thomson to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District serving Clay County. Thomson will succeed Judge Victor C. Howard who retired in November 2019.

COLUMBIA — Smithville Shelter Insurance Co. agent George Williams, has been honored as one of Shelter’s highest achieving sales representatives, based on overall 2019 agency operations.

Bush, Jackson to wed

Charlotte Fleming

Judy & Larry Hixson

Jayla Jones

U.S. Air Force National Guard Airman 1st Class Janae Riddle graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas.

U.S. Air Force Airman Tannar M. Walden graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas.

U.S. Air Force National Guard Airman Aubrey L. Friedel graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas.

U.S. Air Force Reserve Airman Brandon D. Coons graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio, Texas.

Braden J. Knox

Preston and Angie Vasbinder

Phil and Mary Young

Bob and Reta Smith

Jesse and Theresa Ousley