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Filing period for municipal, school board elections opens Dec. 5

The filing period for candidates interested in running for municipal and school board seats opens at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, December 5, and closes on Tuesday, December 26, at 5 p.m. The election will be …
A special mailbox just for letters to Santa Claus in the lobby of the Fayette Post Office.

Advertiser will publish letters to Santa

Children are finishing up their Christmas lists and writing those letters to Santa, and once again, the Fayette Advertiser will deliver Christmas wishes to the North Pole.   Santa Claus is …

FAHA urges bicentennial poster winners to claim cash prizes

Many winners of the Fayette Bicentennial poster contest this summer still have not picked up their winnings, according to organizers. Only two of the seven winners have claimed their cash …

Ashby-Hodge Gallery show, sale now open

The final show of the calendar year at the Ashby-Hodge Gallery of American Art began this week, with the annual Christmas sale and show set to run through December 14 on the campus of Central …

CMU grad to release new song with metal band Secular Era

Metal artists Secular Era and Drexl Bowie are excited to announce the release of their first collaboration, “Master Morality,” available on all music platforms, including Spotify, …
Top Sports Stories
Glasgow Tournament 2023
Hayven Samuels (5) and Harrisburg coach Kyle Fisher applaud after a great shot.

Wild night of semifinal basketball sets up trophy games

Thursday’s semifinal games at the Glasgow Basketball Tournament were full of action. Contests ran the full gamut, from one-point upsets to lopsided blowouts. Finalists have been decided, and …

New Franklin outlasts Westran in heart-thumping semifinal

The New Franklin boys won a blistering semifinal showdown over district rival Westran on Wednesday for the right to play for the Glasgow Basketball Tournament championship this Saturday night. …

Harrisburg girls fall short in upset bid to top-seeded Cairo

Harrisburg battled toe to toe for two-and-a-half quarters against one of the state’s best Class 1 teams Wednesday night in the semifinals of the Glasgow Tournament. But midway through the third …

Harrisburg girls let it fly in triumphant return to Glasgow Tournament

The fourth-seeded Harrisburg girls battled to a 61-42 victory over fifth-seeded Glasgow on Monday for the right to move on to the championship side of the bracket. Harrisburg is now 2-1 on the …
Letters

Urges Congress to raise debt ceiling again

To the Editor: Many Americans believe that refusing to raise the ceiling on the national debt is a common-sense way to economize. After all, it was Ronald Reagan who said, “There are two …

Grateful for MDC Cost Share Grant

To the Editor : The City of Fayette is thankful for the Cost Share grant received from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) in October. The grant funding is covering 75% of the removal …

Local News
Bean vows to fight ouster from Glasgow city council
Former Glasgow alderwoman Renna Bean has vowed to keep up her legal fight against her impeachment. She was ousted from her seat on the Central Ward on Thursday, Nov. 2, in a 5-1 vote. (See Nov. 8 …
Fayette Festival of Lights promises full day of family-friendly events downtown
Downtown Fayette is the place to be on Saturday, December 2. Fayette Main Street, Inc., is hosting the 2023 Festival of Lights, which will feature the Christmas parade and Magic Tree on the …
Left to right: Jonathon Benson- Vice President, D.A. Davidson & Co., Mike Dimond - Assistant to the Mayor, DaShayla Bush - Utilities Office Manager, Judy Thompson - City Clerk, Cheyenne Lincoln - Utilities Assistant, and Mati Salazar - Administrative Assistant.
City of Fayette Receives Rebate Check from Missouri Public Utility Commission
On Monday, Nov. 13, the City of Fayette received a check in the amount of $7,498.82 from the Missouri Public Utility Commission, presented to the city by the Missouri Rural Water Association. …
Commercial Trust loan officer Kelsey Noll shows off some of the early donations.
Commercial Trust departments compete for food bank donations
The good folks at Commercial Trust Co. in Fayette and Harrisburg are renewing their food drive competition. Separate departments inside the bank are vying to bring in the most donated items that will …
Businesses, government offices observe Thanksgiving Hours
Thanksgiving is Thursday, which means businesses, schools, and offices will adjust hours in observance of the holiday. Fayette, Glasgow, and New Franklin public schools, and St. Mary’s …
Rotary President Greg Stidham, Arborist Dakota Wells, and members Roger Lembke, Kurt Rohr, and Erik Martinez, plant a bur oak tree in the Fayette City Park.
Rotary plants tree in honor of Fayette Bicentennial
Members of the Fayette Rotary Club were in the city park on Thursday, Nov. 10, to help local arborist Dakota Wells plant a bur oak near the Lembke Field. The club used funds from a District …
Veteran Kavin Owings received the Quilt of Valor Friday from the Peacemakers Quilters. Left to right: Connie Shay, Linda Lembke, Owings, Dorothy Ayers, and Jill Rohr. Not pictured: quilter Julie Menees.
Owings receives Quilt of Valor at Veterans Day ceremony
The Veterans Day ceremony held every year at Fayette High School is special. It honors our local veterans and allows students to hear first-hand why the day is so important. One highlight of the …
Amanda Schlieper and Brandon Miller
Arrested in Glasgow after hiding juvenile taken from state services
A juvenile missing since June in St. Louis was found with his mother and another man in Glasgow on Tuesday.   According to a probable cause statement filed by Glasgow Police Chief Tyler …
City council addresses vicious dogs after woman bitten
It’s not often that complaints about loose dogs in town come before the city council. But when they do, the tales are harrowing. In September, a woman on Davis Street explained that loose pit …
Obituaries
Frances Louise Friedrich
Frances Louise Friedrich, 93, a longtime Fayette resident, passed away on November 29, 2023, at Glasgow Gardens in Glasgow. Frances was born in rural Fayette on October 8, 1930, a daughter of …
James Wesley Richardson
James Wesley Richardson, 56, a much-loved resident of New Franklin passed away November 19, 2023. James “J.R. or Jimmy” was born in Boonville, Missouri on December 10, 1966. Growing …
Dr. Kendal Clark
Fayette, Mo., resident Dr. Kendal Clark, age 43, passed away at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia on November 17, 2023, after a short battle with cancer. Kendal Woolf Clark was …
Joy Marie (Settle) Phillips
Joy Marie (Settle) Phillips, 93, of Springfield, Missouri, formerly of Fayette, passed away on October 14, 2023. A funeral service honoring Joy’s life will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, …
Janice Marie Smith-Walz
Janice Marie Smith-Walz, age 70, formerly of Fayette, Missouri, entered eternal rest in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, from Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Cancer. …
Gerald “Sonny” Stearns
Fayette resident Sonny Stearns, age 70, passed away at University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia on November 9, 2023. Gerald Wayne Stearns, affectionately known as “Sonny” by …