October 16, 2026
Higginsville Advance News
Lafayette County C-1 Holds Community Forum
_e Lafayette County C-1 School district held it's rst of three planned community forums on September 23, with around 75 community members present and 300 viewing online. The meeting was held in in C-1 HS cafeteria, to allow for more visitors.
The John Knox Village East News
Inside John Knox Village East:
When Everyone Has a Place to Belong
The vans had barely arrived before the students began looking for their friends.They knew who they were waiting for. They had their favorites, and when the people they had spent months working alongside arrived, the students raced to meet them.
The Harvest Season By Doug Booker (AIA)
With some assistance, research and reflections of area farmers, I have attempted to share an overview of the ‘harvest’ process from a farmer’s perspective. This year’s actual harvesting has just begun by some in our local area in the midst of some intense days of heat. Done in somewhat of a story fashion about a farmer named Joe who could be that farmer right down the gravel road, across the way, out there at this very moment dealing with today’s challenges.
City of Corder Board of Aldermen Meeting
City of Corder Board of Aldermen Meeting
Sept. 25 Update: Improve I-70: Blue Springs to Odessa traffic impacts
Sept. 25, 2026 – 1:48 p.m. JACKSON & LAFAYETTE COUNTIES – The Missouri Department of Transportation is conducting the following traffic impacts along Interstate 70… Login to continue reading Login…
Overnight lane and ramp closures on I-70 EB in Lafayette County for pavement work, TONIGHT
The Missouri Department of Transportation will conduct intermittent overnight single lane closures on I-70 EB between mm 50 and 56 before and after MO 13… Login to continue reading Login…
Higginsville Country Fair 2026
By S. Otero What a weekend busy in Higginsville! From three parades, Homecoming football with tailgating, Country Fair booths, bands, many contests, class reunions, kings and queens, and plenty of funnel cakes (and delicious Cattlemen’s burgers), the town was buzzing with activity. While the temperatures were scorching, the community spirit was amazing to witness! It was a wonderful weekend filled with hometown pride, familiar faces, laughter and plenty of love for our community.
Laf. Co. C 1 High School 2026 Homecoming
Congratulations to our Homecoming King < 6 Queen. Isabelle Newman and Jude Hralliice.
Fentanyl Trafficker Gets Nineteen Years
On Tuesday, September 8, 2026, Dominique Benston, 35, of Independence, Missouri, appeared in the Lafayette County Circuit Court for a sentencing hearing following a guilty plea to the class A felony of Trafficking Drugs in the First Degree. At the conclusion of the hearing, argued by Lafayette County Prosecutor, Kristen Ellis Hilbrenner, the defendant was sentenced to nineteen years in the Missouri Department of Corrections.