In this edition: November 28, 2024
The Licking News is a great way to keep in touch with the Licking community. Great weekly columns, area-wide menus, sports schedules, city, county and state updates, obituaries, local area coming events, job listings and other classifieds are all included in the print edition this week.
In addition to the current postings on our webpage, in this week’s print edition of The Licking News:
See this week’s LHS athlete of the week, courtesy of Rinne Tire Pros.
The Licking Assembly of God Church will host a free Thanksgiving meal at noon on Thanksgiving Day. All are welcome.
See the auction bill for the November 30 Buckner & Gately Auction on B5. If you are a gun enthusiast, you don’t want to miss this.
The annual Lighting of the Mill will be Saturday, November 30, at 5 p.m.
The Licking Christmas Celebration will be December 7. See the banner ad on A1 for all the happenings of that day, including a Christmas Bazaar, Santa, a toy giveaway and the annual parade. Cookies by the Pound will return to the Museum that day, and Mrs. Santa will be at the Book Nook in the afternoon.
An ad on A3 tells how to apply for a Business Builder Development Grant through Licking Development Company.
Vi Bailie is having two 100th Birthday celebrations; first on Sunday, Dec. 1 at the Senior Center, and then on Monday, Dec. 2 at Licking Residential Care.
Licking R-VIII School District’s notice of school board elections, the City of Licking’s notice of elections, and the Raymondville R-VII notice of school board elections can all be found in this week’s edition; don’t miss the filing deadlines if you intend to be a candidate in the next election. See these and all legal notices on B3.
See all the new additions to this week’s coming events on A2, and check out our other advertisers throughout this edition and on our classified and public notice pages.
A death was reported at SCCC on Thursday, Nov. 21.
The Senior Center hosted their Thanksgiving feast and served 116.
Licking shipped over 850 Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes.
Mae Elledge celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends.
MDC needs birders to help with the National Audubon Society’s 125th Christmas Bird Count.
MSU-WP has spring semester schedules available online, and you can sign up now for the print reading, auto CAD class.
A workshop on Beneficial Ownership reporting will be held at the Ozarks Small Business Incubator on December 6.
The firearms opening weekend of deer season saw 68,312 deer harvested, with Texas County totaling 1,305, second in the state.
Ozarks Food Harvest is working with local grocers like Town & Country Supermarket to help feed families.
Read about TCMH employees who went above and beyond when an accident occurred on the highway, and see why a TCMH patient is appreciative of being able to find care close to home.
Phelps Health hosted a Show-Me Careers event, with participants including school district staff from multiple communities, including Licking and Houston.
New DAR members were welcomed to the Noah Coleman Chapter in October.
Bookends contains all the newest books at the library, along with a Librarian Review of “Snowy Mountain Christmas,” by Sharon Sala.
In Reflections from the Road, Rick Mansfield tells of a special Thanksgiving meal.
Linda Mondy has a recipe for Baked Tortellini Alfredo in this week’s Ozarks Cooks.
“Amateur Rocketry” is the subject of this week’s Tech Talk, on B1.
Veteran Robert Simpson shares a story of “Honor Flights for Veterans” in this month’s The Veterans’ Post.
American Legion Post 41 donates to Shop with a Hero, and receives a certificate of appreciation for handing out pins for Vietnam veterans.
FLW Public Affairs relates that “Groundbreaking takes place for new terminal” at the Waynesville Saint Robert Regional Airport at Forney Field.
Ed Hassinger, who spoke to a group of citizens in Licking last year regarding Shafer Road, has been named the new MoDOT Director.
Mo. Geological Survey opens a renovated Rock Lab in Rolla.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration urges all to “Have a fine Thanksgiving, not a Thanksgiving fine” and remember to buckle up.
You can also keep current with reports from the Texas County Courthouse, Texas County Sheriff’s Department, Texas County Commission and MSHP.
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