Today, Lakeway Publishers, Inc. announced a restructuring of upper management for their newspaper properties in Missouri.

Community members held an impromptu street dance at the corner of Cherry Street and Main in Downtown Troy Friday, Oct. 11, to raise awareness for an upcoming candlelight vigil for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which will be held this Friday, Oct. 18 at the Fairgrounds Park. Learn more a…

The Lincoln County Walk to End Alzheimer’s was held Oct. 12, with a large crowd turning out to raise support for the fight against the disease. Right now, the walk has raised $37,000, $11,000 dollars away from its goal. For more info, visit www.facebook.com/groups/LincolnCountyWalktoEndAlzheimers.

October is recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month as part of a national movement to prevent and end domestic violence.

A local staple in the array of Holloween events is coming back bigger than ever this year, with the Troy Buchanan National Honor Society’s Trick or Treat night on Oct. 16, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Ninth Grade Center. 

On Sept. 28, Toyota Bodine hosted nearly 60 volunteers for the annual National Public Lands Day volunteer event at Cuivre River State Park.  Volunteers cleaned up more than 500 lbs of trash, removed invasive plants, re-painted campground gates and collected seeds. National Public Lands Day a…

A newly-forged local group spent some time at Winfield Middle School Oct. 4 working with students on the issues of bullying, depression and suicide.

Lincoln County Health Department, in partnership with regional partner agencies, will be conducting “Star-Spangled Fright,” a bioterrorism response exercise this Wednesday. Events are planned through Oct. 10, and community members and other groups are invited to participate in the exercise o…

People’s Bank and Trust employee, Kris Moesch presented a check recently in support of the Walk to End Alzheimer’s to Donald Danielson, a member of RebALZ for a Cure Walk Team. 

It may have been a counter-intuitive way to descend 31 stories, but Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sierra Haymes said rappelling down the side of the Bank of America Plaza in St. Louis was “definitely worth it.”

Troy Middle School will be flooded with purple on Oct. 12 during the annual Walk To End Alzheimer’s as caregivers, family members and those battling the disease stretch their legs. 

Steve Paulsell of Central Missouri Honor Flight (left) accepts fundraised for Honor Flight from Rick Esinbath at a Veterans Coffee Talk in September. The group raised about $12,500 for Honor Flight. Prior to giving the money to Paulsell, several veterans spoke to the crowd about their experi…

The Troy Police Department participated in the “Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Week Law Enforcement Campaign” conducted September 15-21, 2019. 

Maxwell Gessert, a student at Troy Buchanan, recently was in the hospital for a fracture of his temporal bone in his skull. Many students at TBHS dressed up in support of Maxwell as a tribute to him on Sept. 30 to let him know that they are hoping for a speedy recovery.

Starting the last week of October and running through the end of the year, the Lincoln County Ambulance District (LCAD) will be hitting the road for a county-wide listening tour in hopes of getting the “pulse of the community.”

Lincoln County Prosecutor Mike Wood confirmed Oct. 3 that he has requested the involvement of the Major Case Squad to re-open the Betsy Faria murder case.

This Friday at LCCOA (1380 Boone Street in Troy) a Bingo night will be held to support the fast-approaching Lincoln County Walk to End Alzheimer's. The event will feature a silent auction, door prizes, raffles and game prizes. popcorn and soda will be served. Doors open at 6 p.m. on Oct. 4, …

The following is the bus schedule for OATS Transit in your community. 

Winfield lights up the sky with one of the best lightshows in town. The Independence Celebration was held Sept. 21 this year, rather than July 4, due to heavy flooding in the summer. Judging by the fireworks, the city’s enthusiasm for the celebration was not dampened a bit. Photos by Angela …

Troy residents are now able to sign up online for curbside fiber recyclable pickup that is scheduled to begin in December. 

Elsberry, Silex, and other Lincoln County residents have long known what the third weekend of September is:  the Lincoln County Old Thresher’s Show!  But now they can also bank on knowing what the last Saturday of September is:  the Elsberry Fall Festival.  The date for this year’s festival,…

It just keeps getting bigger and better.  

The American Red Cross is urging people of all races and ethnicities to give blood or platelets to help increase the diversity of the blood supply in local blood drives, three of which are coming up soon in Troy. The first of these is Sept. 26, at St. Stephens Methodist Church, with drives o…

At the regularly scheduled, Aug. 20, meeting, the Lincoln County R-III School District Board of Education established a final terms committee that approved the sale of $8,465,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds to its Municipal Bond Underwriter, L.J. Hart & Company of St. Louis, Missouri. 

To keep the memory of Doug Geiger alive, the D.A.R.T. Coalition, the Lincoln County community, first responders and medical providers turned out in force to the Eighth Annual Anti-Drug Rally in Troy, which was started by Geiger’s family after he was killed by a heroin overdose. 

Ahead of the Troy Bicentennial celebration Sept. 20 and 21, the city broke open a long-sealed time capsule on Sept. 16 to view what citizens from 25 years ago had buried. Above: Velma Dunard of Troy holds up one of the artifacts pulled from the unsealed time capsule.

Saturday was the last leg of work at the south entrance of Elsberry as the Elsberry Community Growth Association and volunteers will be planting a uniform row of flowering trees and installing a new “Welcome to Elsberry” stone monument sign.

During the Elsberry City Council meeting is was found that both Tornado Sirens would need to be replaced.

Reaching the golden mark is an accomplishment for anything and calls for a celebration, which is exactly what the Lincoln County Old Threshers Association has planned for their annual event.  

First responders, the D.A.R.T. Coalition, members of the community and healthcare providers kept the memory of Doug Geiger alive at the Eighth Annual Anti-Drug Rally, which was started by Geiger’s family after he was killed by a heroin overdose. 

The playground equipment for the new fully accessible Kiwanis Park has been selected, and work to install the structures is ongoing. 

Lincoln County Circuit Court Clerk’s office employee Gayle Whitehead has stepped down from her position after  spending 20 years of service in the office.

County Market’s Kevin Heminghaus recently dropped off the money raised during the supermarket’s inaugural Car Show Fundraiser, held Aug. 16. Over 50 classic automobiles showed up for display, so many more than expected that participants had to get creative with parking solutions. The show ra…

Veronica Whiteside is a junior at Elsberry High School who was one of 24 students from Missouri to  spent a week of her summer at the YMCA Youth Conference on National Affairs (CONA).  The week-long conference is held at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in North Carolina that serves as the natio…

The City of Silex was able to liquidate another assets as well as paying past bills and bond issues during the monthly meeting Monday night.

Weather permitting, MoDOT will be doing the following work on routes in Lincoln County. Please see the dates and locations below.

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has awarded the improvement project contract for replacement of the bridge over McLean’s Creek on Route 79 in Lincoln County.

Starting Sept. 15, Troy Police will join with other law enforcement around the state in a focused effort to protect young passengers for a Child Passenger Safety Week campaign.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri recently announced that over 1.5 million personal care items were collected this past spring by Girl Scouts, their families, friends and generous community supporters during the organization’s annual drive, April Showers.

MoDOT will be doing the following work on routes in Lincoln County. Please see the dates and locations below.

The Route 66 Corvette Club, area flight attendants and Winfield schools have teamed up to collect a plethora of food for children that might not have food available to them on weekends.

At the end of County Road 814 in Moscow Mills sits a 134-year-old bridge. Over 215 feet long, it’s superstructure is a 177-foot pin-connected Pratt-through main truss span. It’s one of the last of its breed in the state of Missouri – and it’s up for grabs. 

Drugs, abusive homes, sexual assault, suicide – hidden hurdles that many students have to overcome. 

The Troy Bicentennial Celebration is set to begin on Sept. 16 with the opening of a time capsule that was buried 25 years ago. That will be at 10 a.m. at City Hall.

VFW Fish Fry this Saturday

Christy Kuntz was named the 2019 Employee of the Year during the 71st Annual Missouri Health Care Association Convention.

During the morning of Monday, September 2, deputies were dispatched to the 400 block of North Fifth Street, in Elsberry, for shots fired. 

More than a year of planning came to culmination Thursday morning as Relay for Voices made it’s stop in Elsberry.