In This Edition: March 6, 2025
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, classifieds, and don’t forget comics and puzzles are all included in the print edition this week.
In addition to the current postings on our webpage, also in this week’s print edition of The Licking News you’ll find:
This week’s HS/JH Learner of the Week, courtesy of Hawn Law Office, Elementary Learner, courtesy of Kinder Feed & Farm, and LHS Athlete of the Week, courtesy of Rinne Tire Pros.
Licking Downtown’s 4th Annual Fish Fry is this Saturday. Head to the VFW for fish, live music and an auction.
Don’t forget Corned Beef and Cabbage on March 15 – see details on A3.
Preschool and Kindergarten enrollment is coming up – see the details on A3.
Phelps Health shares another success story in their new ad on A5.
HES Facilities Management is asking you to join their team. See their ad on B1.
Intercounty Electric and Montauk Lodge are still hiring; read all about it on B4.
Boone Township is seeking gravel hauling bids – see their bid requests with the public notices on B3.
Another gospel singing is planned for Anutt Community Church – Dalton Harper will be the next to perform. See the information on B5.
In Coming Events, you’ll see that the Noah Coleman Chapter of the NSDAR is meeting, and the Texas County Livestock Fair Beef weigh in is coming up before you know it!
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One obituary is contained in this week’s edition.
Cindy Wampner talks about a quilt raffle that lasts through the month of March in Senior Center Happenings.
St. John Catholic Church Blood Drive was a success, and Dr. Edna Grover-Bisker will be honored as an honorary knight for the 2025 Missouri S&T St. Pat’s Parade.
TCMH news can be found on A5. Read about their board meeting, an upcoming blood drive, a meeting with Rep. Bennie Cook on Rural Health Advocacy Day, and see who resigned from the hospital.
South Central Walk Worthy Women’s Conference shares information about their upcoming conference on A6.
Lee Ann Akin talks about new books and library activities in Bookends.
Rick Mansfield rethinks what a “Last Will and Testament” should be in Reflections from the Road.
This week’s Ozarks Cooks shares a recipe for “Easy Corn Dog Casserole.”
See the hard working FFA members who put on the Community Breakfast Saturday, on B1.
Rep. Bennie Cook and other former FFA members show their jackets at the Capitol building.
Sheriff Scott Lindsey advises those at risk of falling to contact the dispatch office and have them store information about door locks, pets and more, in this week’s Behind the Blue.
This week’s Tech Talk shares some interesting history of CGI’s use in film-making.
Someone won $50,000 with a Mega Millions Megaplier at Rinne Fast & Friendly; read the details on B3.
Concerned about the price of eggs? Read about other sources of protein on B5.
Fishing classes will be held at George O. White Nursery on March 18. Read how to register on B5.
The Missouri State Beekeepers Association is alarmed over the nationwide honey bee colony loss between June 2024 and February 2025. The details are on B5.
You can also keep current with reports from the Texas County Courthouse, Texas County Sheriff’s Department, Texas County Health Department, Licking Police Department, MoDOT and MSHP.
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