May 19, 2026
Higginsville Advance
Husker Baseball Opens Season at Knob Noster
Spring (or summer, due to unusual heat this early) was in the air Saturday at Knob Noster for the Huskers annual start to the baseball season.
Montessori Schoolhouse Annual Talent Show
Montessori Schoolhouse Annual Talent Show
Grandview Elementary Hosts Author Visit for 2026 Show Me Award Nominees
Grandview Elementary students welcomed author Izzy B. and illustrator Ben Askew on Friday, March 13, for a special author visit celebrating their book The Mighty McKraken, one of this year’s Missouri Show Me Award nominees.
The Higginsville Advance is Switching to Digital Printing
Something new is coming to the Higginsville Advance. A new, easier to read, more colorful version of the Higginsville Advance will be hitting the streets and landing in subscribers’ mailboxes soon. CherryRoad Media, after reader research and market analysis,decided to redesign the paper into an innovative new colorful tabloid format.
The theater department at Lafayette County C-1 preformed “The Legend of Robin Hood
The theater department at Lafayette County C-1 preformed “The Legend of Robin Hood...Sort of” March 13-15.
HIGGINSVILLE LANES BOWLING RESULTS
High Scorers for March
Counties Facing Reclassification
Lafayette County Commissioners are beginning preliminary work and getting questions answered from the State Auditor’s office as they prepare to navigate the changes of being reclassified as a thirdclass county, Southern Commissioner Michael Brown remarked in a recent Facebook post Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick recently issued notifications to three local counties for reclassification. Pettis, Saline, and Lafayette counties are slated to be reclassified from fourth-class counties to third-class counties. Lafayette County is set to become a third-class county on January 1, 2027.
LRHC Auxiliary Scholarships Available
The Lafayette Regional Health Center Auxiliary is offering $1,000 scholarships to eligible students.
Use Tax Question to be on the Ballot
Lafayette County residents will be asked to approve a reallocation of the county’s use tax in the April 7 election.
