Silex’s new city clerk, Kayla McNiff, joins Mayor Lynne Luckett to share plans for the October 24 Fall Festival. Free children’s activities, a parade, local vendors and live music bring a familiar tradition back for another generation.

A Silex man remains in custody on a $15,000 cash-only bond after being charged with second-degree domestic assault. The responding deputy also documented an earlier September arrest.

Silex Superintendent Nick Heggemann discusses growing enrollment, teacher raises supported by Prop Owls, student achievement and opportunities families should know about. Read our October update and watch the full interview.

A MoDOT truck driver suffered serious injuries after the truck traveled off Route E and overturned near Silex. The crash temporarily closed the roadway as emergency crews responded.

Silex native Nicholas J. Fleming has published his debut psychological thriller, Unfriendly Secrets, marking a major milestone as a local author with a second book already in the works.