October 16, 2026
Lexington News
Remembering 9/11 25 years later
Twenty-five years have passed since a beautiful September morning was forever changed by an act of terror. Yet for those who lived through September 11, 2001, the memories of that day can still feel remarkably close.
Paranormal event planned Oct. 23 and 24
News Editor Lexington Tourism is looking to build on the success of last year’s first “Explore the Unexplained” paranormal event with a full slate of “out of this world” activities including some new twists.
City considering formation of Port Authority for Lexington
News Editor City of Lexington officials are in the “ground research phase” of looking into the possibility of forming a Port Authority for the city.
Jack Remembers
When my great-granddaughter, Kennadi was 9 years she had her own cell phone that would do everything. She was showing me some pictures she had taken, but got interrupted and had to text a friend. When I was her age, we had a wooden phone less than a foot wide and two feet in height. It was anchored to the wall and was about six inches thick. It held a magneto with four horseshoe magnets that generated electricity when you turned the crack which let the operator know that you wanted to make a call.
Resource Fair planned Sept. 15
On Tuesday, Sept. 15, Lafayette County Enterprises and Lafayette County Bridging Support Services will hold a Resource Fair at both locations, LCE (109 W. 19th St. Higginsville) and LCBSS (508 Fairground Ave., Higginsville), from 5-7 p.m.
Davis ran Union paper in heart of ‘Little Dixie’
As the editor of a Union newspaper in the heart of Missouri’s “Little Dixie,” Henry Kirke Davis was no stranger to controversy. The greatest concentration of secessionist sympathizers in Civil War Missouri was found in the state’s mid-section, a series of counties on both sides of the Missouri River now widely referred to as “Little Dixie.”
The Battle of Stones River gave Abraham Lincoln precious time
(This series is complimentary from your fellow history buff Paul Wolfgeher.)
From the Editor’s Chair
(Someone asked me recently to reprint some of the columns I wrote several years ago. So I thought I’d start with this one).——— The drive-in theater in America has been going the way of the dinosaur for decades.
SWCD wins award
The Missouri Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (MASWCD) has awarded the Missouri Conservation Partnership Area 4 Award to the Lafayette County Soil & Water Conservation District.
THIS WEEK’S HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Lexington at Versailles Carrollton at Lone Jack Adrian at Holden Pembroke Hill at Higginsville Knob Noster at Warsaw Richmond at Marshall Center at Clinton Odessa at Harrisonville Warrensburg at Oak Grove Benton at Pleasant Hill Lawson at Lathrop Hamilton at Plattsburg Chillicothe at Maryville Eldon at Boonville Crest Ridge at Butler Concordia at Northwest Orrick at Keytesville Santa Fe at Hardin-Norborne St Paul at North Shelby Slater at Sweet Springs Wellington-Napoleon at Braymer ——— Because of the Labor Day Holiday, the Lexington News had a September 3 deadline to submit articles for this week’s paper, so we apologize that we were not able to include Football scores from last week’s games.