La Monte News

Paul Bennett, Missouri 7th District Boys State chairman, announced the following students from area high schools have been selected to attend the 73rd session of The American Legion Missouri Boys State.

Jay Lyle began his racing career many years ago with wins coming from racetracks all over Missouri, including Sportsman's Speedway in Marshall.

Graduation organizers for the La Monte High School Class of 2012 deserve an award for their ability to keep a secret.

La Monte Elementary third-grader Brenda Aguilar takes a turn on the Viking Slip 'N' Slide on Friday during the school's annual Field Day.

Students from La Monte High School attended the annual Missouri Family, Career and Community Leaders of America State Leadership Conference on March 25-27 in Columbia.

Myrtle Virginia Neiberger Caton, of Sedalia, formerly of Smithton, will celebrate her 83rd birthday with a card shower.

Plurcy Roark Eckles, of La Monte, will celebrate her 90th birthday on Thursday. She was born May 17, 1922, near Cooper Hill in Osage County.

Sedalia has it's very own Dewey Finn. Granted, unlike Jack Black's character in the 2003 movie "School of Rock," Justin Lawson didn't infiltrate a public school pretending to be a music teacher.

Sedalia-Pettis County Emergency Management Agency Director Dave Clippert wants the public to keep this in mind: 19 minutes.

Sedalia resident and the newest Sedalia #200 School Board Member Stephanie Lefevers keeps very busy and she splits her time up amongst several different avenues.

The USMTS National Championship Series motors into Missouri for a doubleheader this weekend starting on Friday, May 4, with a return to the LA Raceway in La Monte, and then moving on to the long-awaited series debut Saturday at the historic West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, Mo.