April 1, 2026
Higginsville Advance
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Water = Life Water is an important part of our physical lives … we need it to survive. Jesus is the Living Water for our thirsty souls and we need Him in order to survive and live with Him eternally in heaven.
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.
Letters To The Editor
Dear Editor, The Higginsville Advance has now had the retirement of another great asset to the paper, Doug Booker. Doug has been a fine communicator and he has always been open to listen to anyone who has stories they would like to see covered in our local paper. With the recent possibility of our community losing the newspaper, I am glad that threat has been eliminated for the time being, but the loss of Mr. Booker will not be avoided, unfortunately. Thanks, Doug, for all your hard work and providing us with years of reliable news. I'm sorry to see you go, but happy retirement! Dennis Stewart Dear Editor, On February 12 at a White House event with President Trump, Lee Zeldin, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, announced the repeal of EPA's 2009 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Endangerment Finding and the repeal of all federal GHG emission standards for many vehicles. This is the single largest act of deregulation in the history of the United States.
Booker Retires from the Advance
Okay, so as I’m putting a wrap on this newspaper gig, I am taking advantage one more time to share...one more time! Here are a few reflections for you, our faithful subscribers; many who have become good friends of mine as well!
State is Set – Three Boys Joining Four Girls in Columbia
Higginsville Lafayette County C-1 played host to district wrestling action on Friday and Saturday in the Husker East Gym. In what some refer to as the District of Death (or perhaps in lighter terms, one of the toughest districts around), many wrestlers battled tough for C-1, and when all was said and done, three C1 boys punched their tickets to Columbia and the MSHSAA State Wrestling Champions this week.
MRVCE Champion Huskers Split Final Conference Games
Husker Basketball made a trip over to Richmond last week on 2-16. After a lengthy senior night of introductions, (including girls being escorted and introduced not once but twice if they were a cheerleader and a basketball player), the ball was tipped at 8:26pm.
Lady Husker Hoops End Regular Season with Two Losses
The Lady Huskers were north of the Big Muddy in Ray County last week to take on the Lady Spartans in Richmond. The spmewhat up and down Blue and Gold squad had defeated RHS 46-32 in early February in their last meeting.