July 12, 2026
Lexington News
AARP Chapter to meet May 12
Wellington AARP Chapter #997 will meet on Tuesday, May 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Community Christian Center, 710 W. Highway 224 in Wellington.
Shoes collected
The Lexington Rotary Club collected a total of 450 pairs of shoes, 31 pairs of socks, and $740 in donations during its annual Shoes For Orphan Souls shoe drive. Pictured with the shoes are Olivia Lundin, Marcus Lundin, local shoe drive chairman Dave Rich, Rachelle Banhart, Earl Parris, Jim Martin, Steve Fuller, Aubrey Burk and Nila Burk. Rotary District 6040 collected a total of 29,417 pairs of shoes.
R-5 School District News & Views
By Sara Green, Leslie Bell Elementary School Principal
Minutemen drop conference tilt to Holden
The Holden Eagles scored 9 runs in the final three innings, and broke open a close game to beat the Lexington Minutemen Baseball Team 12 to 2 a week ago Tuesday at Lexington Community Park.
Middle School track teams compete in MRVC Conference meet
The Lexington Middle School Girls and Boys Track Teams traveled to Carrollton this past Friday and competed in the MRVC East Middle School Conference Track Meet.
Lexington golfers tee it up twice last week
The Lexington Minutemen Boys Golf Team had a couple of matches last week as they competed in the Lawson Triangular Meet last Wednesday and then faced St Paul in a dual match last Friday.
Minutemen can’t get rolling on offense against Knob Noster
Lexington pitcher Trey Perez, pretty well held Knob Noster, one of the conference co-leaders in check for six innings, but the Minutemen could not really get anything going on offense, and they fell 6 to 0 to the Panthers last Wednesday, in a game at Lexington Community Park.
Girls win MRVC East Conference track championship
The Lexington Minutemen Girls Track Team put it all together, and won MRVC East Conference Championship at the Conference Track Meet, that was held last Friday in Carrollton. For the Girls, Ellie Lichte won two individual events, while Addison Smith won an event, with the Relay team of Tessa Lovell, Hunter Adkins. Smith and Lichte also taking a first place.
Auxiliary scholarship offered
The Lafayette Regional Health Center Auxiliary is offering $1,000 scholarships to eligible students.