Higginsville Advance News

Retired Educators to Meet in March
Lafayette County Retired School Personnel (LCRSP) will meet Thursday, March 12, 2026, at 2:30 P.M., at the FCS Financial office, 4100 MO-13 Hwy, Higginsville, MO. Dr. Brad Briscoe, Superintendent of the Wellington-Napoleon School District, will be the guest speaker. There will also be a general meeting with updates on legislation of concern, reports on MRTA’s Legislative Day, and the MRTA Leadership Summit. All retired educators and support staff, active teachers and support staff, their spouses, and the general public are invited to attend.

Husker Wrestling State Send Off
Husker Wrestling State Send Off

Candidates file for Primary
A number of candidates for elected county positions filed for the August Primary last week.
Attention Lafayette County Democrats
The Lafayette County Democrats will convene on Sunday, March 8th at
Lafayette Co. C-1 School Board Meeting
LAFAYETTE COUNTY C-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT MINUTES OF BOARD OF EDUCATION Regular held at Central Office Board Room 7:30 pm February 19, 2026 ALL MEMBERS Present, Gina Kouril, Steve Dyer , Don Kennedy, Benton Williams, Kali Erdman, Barb Nolte, Eric Lockard President Benton Williams called the meeting to order with all members present. Don Kennedy moved to approve the agenda and Barb Nolte seconds.
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Happy Hooker’s Crochet Group Invites/Need New Members
The Happy Hooker’s Crochet Group invites anyone interested in crochet/knitting to join us! We crochet/knit for hospitals, homeless and other charity organizations. If you do not know how to crochet/knit, we will teach you! (If you have a child who wants to learn, when school is out..we have someone willing to teach them.) If you don’t want to contribute your project, come join us anyway, just for the fellowship! If you need yarn for a project, if we have it …we furnish it for our projects. We do not furnish it for projects outside of our mission, The group was organized in 2009 and has donated over 24,000 items in that period. Most of the yarn is basically donated with exception of monies that are donated. We meet every Monday morning at the Senior Citizens, in Higginsville, 9-11 a.m. If 9 a.m. is too early for you…many come in at 10 a.m.
Lafayette County Soil & Water Conservation District Open House and Lunch
The Lafayette County Soil & Water District will be hosting the annual open house on Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 from 9:00am to 1:00pm. The program will include Shelby Jenkins, MU Livestock Specialist, and Luke Skinner, NRCS Soil Scientist, who will present the Rainfall Simulator. The winners of the 4th grade poster contest will be recognized.
