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Yellowjacket of the Week: Kenley Gottman

Yellowjacket of the Week: Kenley Gottman Lebanon High School honors one student each week for their outstanding efforts in athletics and in the classroom. The school chooses a student who …

Pics from the Past: Veterans Day

1. Veterans Day occurs on Nov. 1 every year in honor of the “eleventh house of the elevent day of the eleventh month’’ of 1918 that signed the end of World War I, known as Armistice Day. In …

G3 Boats holds fundraiser for Breast Cancer Foundation

G3 Boats hosts Breast Cancer Foundation fundraiser LCR STAFF G3 boats, a Yamaha boat Company, held a fundraiser for Breast Cancer Foudnation of the Ozarks  at its plant in Lebanon Oct. …

Nearly 2 million scans, 1 arrest

Where does the data from automated license plate readers in the City of Lebanon go? This is an investigative series seeking to answer that question. The Record wanted to find answers to …

Nine graduate with diplomas

Nine area residents graduated Thursday evening, November 5 from the Laclede County Literacy Council’s HiSet program, a local high school equivalency effort for furthering literacy in this area. …

Republicans win local House seats

Incumbent Republican Melissa Schmidt won the midterm general election for District 141 with a total of 10,967 votes (83.45% of general election votes) against Mike Swofford’s 2,175 votes. For …

St. Louis man injured in crash

Kirk Pearce   A St. Louis man was injured in a two-vehicle accident at 7:04 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 44 at the 140 mile marker. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, …

Lebanon man dies form motorcycle accident injuries

A Lebanon man has died from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash that occurred at 7:20 p.m. Saturday on Legion Road, just east of Valley Road in Miller County. According to the Missouri State …

Christmas in the Park is Dec. 4

The Lebanon Parks Department invites everyone to Christmas in the Park on Friday, Dec. 4, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Boswell Park, 51 Drury Ln . Everything at the event is free except food truck purchases. …

Local veteran reflects on career

Vaughn Barsby has had an extraordinary career, both in and out of the US Army. From 1967 to  1972, Barsby was in the Army Reserves in Sioux City, Iowa. He served as the Battalion Commander’s …

New faces join Wall of Honor

The faces of six past and present citizens have joined the existing honorees with their likenesses now adorning Lebanon’s Wall of Honor after a banquet last Thursday night. The chamber has …

Arrest made in hit-and-run

The Laclede County Sheriff’s Department last Friday announced the arrest of a suspect in a Nov. 1 incident that left a Lebanon man seriously injured. Tyler Lowery is charged with leaving the …

Two hurt in Falcon Road crash

Two people were hurt in a single-vehicle wreck at 5:15 a.m. Tuesday on Falcon Road, a mile west of Route B. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported that a 20-year-old male driver of a …

Two injured in I-44 wreck

Two people were injured in a 7:45 p.m. accident Monday on Interstate 44 near the eastbound 112 mile marker. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the wreck …

Pics from the Past

1. The town of Stoutland was founded in 1869 when the railroad came through the area. However, it did not have a post office until May 5, 1870. The first postmaster was George W. Parker. Other early …

Yellowjacket of the Week: Jackson Snyder

Lebanon High School honors one student each week for their outstanding efforts in athletics and in the classroom. The school chooses a student who exemplifies what it means to be a Yellowjacket. …
Cast members performing a group dance during Act I of their 2026 production of “Much Ado About Nothing.”

LHS students perform 'Much Ado About Nothing'

The Lebanon High School performed their 2026 play, “Much Ado About Nothing”  last week. The play was originally written by William Shakespear in the late 1500s, and the Lebanon …

Emergency responders honored with Life-Saving Award

A sudden cardiac event occured in early July to an employee at Missouri Cooperage in Lebanon. According to the statement released by the City of Lebanon, eight individuals successfully aided in the …

Lebanon man injured in two-vehicle crash on I-44 Friday

A Lebanon man was hurt in a two-vehicle crash at 1:06 a.m. Friday on Interstate 44 at the 167.4 westbound mile marker. The crash occurred when the 25-year-old male driver of an eastbound Ford …

Man hurt in two-vehicle accident at Springfield Road

A Lebanon man was hurt in a two-vehicle crash at 1:39 a.m. Sunday on Route 66 at Springfield Road. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the wreck occurred when the unidentified driver …