A peaceful evening in Licking was interrupted by sirens between 8:40 and 9 p.m. Monday, as a Licking man damaged vehicles in the Dollar General parking lot and broke into the Licking Police Department (LPD). It was a burst of action in a short time span for LPD officers. On April 6, at approximately 8:40…

In the ten mile stretch of US-63 from the northern Texas County line, south to the intersection of Rt. BB/Rt. P, local Carry the Cross organizer Michael McConnell and crew set out 48 crosses for the morning of Good Friday. Locals and visitors to the area gathered at their assigned locations the morning of Good…

By Shari Harris, Publisher Area artist Patty Burmeister has joined other artists this spring to collaborate on painting a tribute to The Mother Road, Route 66, in Rolla. Seven artists are involved in the project, and murals are being painted along a wall for each of the eight states through which Route 66 travels. Burmeister’s…