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Lebanon Daily Digest Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Ty's Take

Road work in Laclede County took a serious turn this week when a MoDOT crew member got hurt on the job, a reminder that the folks maintaining these highways aren't just out there fighting weeds and filling potholes. It's real work with real risk, the kind that doesn't make the evening news until something goes wrong. Meanwhile, voters around here made their voices heard at the ballot box Monday, with unofficial results coming in across county races and measures that'll shape how we do business here for the next couple years. Both stories hit at something fundamental about a working county like ours: we depend on people showing up, whether it's to fix the road you drive to the boat plant on or to cast a ballot that actually matters in a place this size.

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MoDOT worker injured in Laclede County

A Missouri Department of Transportation worker was injured in an incident in Laclede County, according to a report from the Lebanon Daily Record.

Aug. 4, 2026 election unofficial results

Laclede County voters cast ballots on August 4, 2026, with all precincts reporting across multiple state and federal races. Mark Alford secured 77.6 percent of the vote in U.S. Representative District 4, while Scott Fitzpatrick won the state auditor race with 85.5 percent of votes in Laclede County.

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