my apologies…
after searching, i found the answer to my question within this forum.
if you do not want the time and date to appear, simply remove or comment out the “<span class=”post-info”><?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’); ?></span>” string.
<?php $how_many=3; //How many posts do you want to show
require_once('wp-config.php'); // Change this for your path to wp-config.php file ?>
<strong>Latest Blog postings</strong>
<ul class="latest-news">
<?php
global $post;
$myposts = get_posts('numberposts=3');
foreach($myposts as $post) :
?>
<li><span class="post-info"><?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?></span><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
