Lexington News Lifestyle

It is with great pride that Lafayette County Retired School Personnel (LCRSP) announces that member and Treasurer, Gail D. Lilleman has been awarded MRTA’s (Missouri Retired Teacher and Education Employees Association) Unit 5 Distinguished Retiree Award. Gail was recognized at MRTA’s Annual Meeting on September 16, 2026 in St. Louis.

Lafayette County Retired School Personnel officers President John Morgan, Treasurer Gail Lilleman, and Secretary Amy Chambers Thieman attended MRTA’s Annual Meeting in St. Louis on September 15th and 16th. Two days of inspiring speakers, good food, fellowship, and fun were enjoyed by over two hundred attendees.

Phantasia at the Imaginarium recently celebrated its official ribbon cutting and open house in downtown Lexington, marking an exciting new chapter for the family play space, toy shop and enrichment center.

Six Lafayette County 4-H members earned Best of Show honors for their 4-H projects at the 2026 Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. The awards recognized outstanding work across a variety of project areas, including cake decorating, entrepreneurship, dairy goats, arts and crafts, beef and horsemanship.

On June 20, the community of Dover welcomed CD Pulling LLC and the Missouri State Tractor Pull Association to conduct their annual truck and tractor pull. It was a beautiful day and evening with several hundred spectators and multiple pullers in attendance.

If you ever played in a mountain of soap bubbles in the sink while washing dishes, you would love the Foam Zone.

Incoming Rotary Club president Marcus Lundin, left, presents a plaque to outgoing past president Jeff Banhart at the Aug. 5 Rotary meeting. Banhart served as president of the local Rotary club for two terms.

Local resident Terrie Dishman had a special wish for her birthday this year.

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