Licking Rural Fire Department (LRFD) was alerted to a grass fire on Slaughter Road Thursday afternoon, resulting in a nine hour call-out that included four fire departments, Missouri Dept. of Conservation (MDC), the Texas County Emergency Response Team (TCERT), Texas County Memorial Hospital EMS and the Licking Fire Department Auxiliary. Licking Fire Chief Bobby Hearty…

Arts Rolla! held their September show opening reception Friday evening at The Centre in Rolla. This show features work from artists associated with the Texas County Museum of Art & History and Ozarks Heritage Artists from Dent County. It also includes artwork created by the late Lanie Frick, of Licking, and the late David Plank,…

Delta (Ritz) Hernandez will be retiring from her contract route with the United States Post Office at the end of September. This will end an era of over 50-years of what we’re going to call the “Ritz Route.” Delta’s grandmother, Marie Ritz, began as a substitute driver in the 1960s on the route which, a…