October 16, 2026
Lexington News
Retired Teachers to meet on Sept. 10
Lafayette County Retired School Personnel (LCRSP) will meet on Thursday, September 10 at the FCS office 4100 MO-13 HWY BUS, Higginsville.
Lexington native inducted into National Academy of Medicine
Dr. Dee Fenner, who grew up in Lexington, will be inducted into the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in health and medicine on October 17, 2026, in Washington DC. Each year less than one hundred physicians and scientists across all the medical specialties are elected by their peers for induction into the Academy.
Wellington AARP Chapter to meet
The Wellington AARP Chapter #997 will meet on Tuesday, September 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Community Christian Center, 710 West Highway 224 in Wellington, for its monthly pot-luck dinner and program. Drinks and table service will be provided. The program will be a Gospel Sing-a-long. Everyone 50 years old and older are invited to attend.
LCRSP meeting is Sept. 10
Lafayette County Retired School Personnel (LCRSP) will meet on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, at the FCS office in Higginsville (4100 MO-13 Bus. Hwy). All retired teachers and support staff, active teachers and support staff, spouses, and the general public are invited to attend. Snacks and social time will start at 2 p.m. with the general meeting starting at 2:30. The guest speaker will be Travis Benton on the Restoration and Preservation of the Douglass School in Higginsville. Meetings are adjourned before 4 p.m.
Don’t rain on my parade: Community Fair rolls on
Thunder at 8:30 a.m. and the downpour that followed didn’t bode well for the annual Lexington Community Fair Parade on Saturday morning, but by 9 a.m. the rain had cleared, and the good people of Lexington were able to go on with the parade and the fair as planned. By 11 a.m. Main Street was filled with vendors’ colorful tents, groups of teens, parents pushing strollers, couples holding hands, old friends greeting each other and catching up.
Effort to keep Bee sculpture falls short
News Editor A campaign to keep the “Bee sculpture” in Lexington has come up short.
Book sale to benefit library
The Friends of Robertson Memorial Library invite the community to their annual Book Sale, with all proceeds benefiting the library and its programs.
Blessing Box assists the food insecure
Jacob Lamb and Shawn Hodgeman had a vision for a way to ease financial strain and help provide nonperishable food to those who are food insecure in our community.
Living history day event slated to commemorate battle anniversary
The Battle of Lexington State Historic Site is planning a living history day event on Sept. 19 to mark the 165th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington.