In This Edition: April 24, 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 LHS Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Rinne Tire Pros, HS Learner of the Week, sponsored by Hawn Law Office, and Elementary Learner of the Week, sponsored by Kinder Plant Food.
Licking United Methodist Church is having their annual indoor yard sale and bake sale, Country Crafts & Flea Market is having a Junk & Craft Festival, Licking Bridge Builders is having a Mostacholi and Spaghetti Dinner, and Montauk Rural Fire Department is preparing for their Pulled Pork Dinner and Raffle; see their ads on A3.
Phelps Health invites you to a Breakfast Celebration for 2025 National Cancer Survivors Day; the details are in their ad on A5.
See who will be performing at Anutt Community Church in their ad on A6.
Salem Post & Timber is hiring for full-time positions.
Agri Enterprises is having a sale on Raptor Series mowers; see their ad on B1.
In Coming Events, see what’s happening this weekend at Montauk State Park, at Licking Residential Care Center and at the South Central Walkworthy Conference. See these and other coming events on B2.
The Graduation Edition will be May 15; the ad deadline is May 9 for families/businesses to let their graduates know how proud they are of their accomplishment. Call 573-674-2412 to reserve your spot.
Advertising in The Licking News is a great way to share your business with the community, and we offer a combo rate to place your ad on our website as well, where thousands will view it each week. Check out our other advertisers throughout this edition and on our classified page.
Six obituaries will be found on A4 and B1 this week.
Mayor Scott Ogden and aldermen Danny Wade and Fred Rinne were sworn in at the April meeting of the Board of Aldermen. See what happened at the meeting on A1.
The Teachers of the Year were announced at Licking R-8; see this and other decisions from the meeting on A1.
In this week’s Senior Center Happenings, Cindy Wampner shares the sentiments of the Senior Center on the loss of Marilyn Cantrell, who was an important part of the operations of the center.
Phelps Health Foundation is offering sensory toolkits, and Phelps Health provides their first quarter update on A5.
Dr. Graham Colditz “spills the beans” on coffee and health in this month’s For Your Health.
Rick Mansfield shares his feelings about dandelions in this week’s Reflections from the Road.
Gospel signers performed at two area churches, and the Knights of Columbus donated to Licking United Community Help Center; see more on A6.
Ozarks Cooks has an Olive Cheeseball recipe this week.
Need old newspapers for packing? Gardening? Fire Starter? Pet needs? We have bundles of recycled papers – 50 for a $1 donation to The Licking Mill.
Don’t forget, a subscription to The Licking News is a great gift idea; it’s the gift that keeps giving for an entire year. Our online subscriptions offer a more economical way to give, at $32 per year. Or try a six month subscription.
A Forever Battery was discussed in this week’s Tech Talk.
You can also keep current with reports from the Texas County Courthouse, Texas County Sheriff’s Department, Texas County Commission, LPD, MSHP and Texas County Health Department.
The Licking News print edition can be delivered to your mailbox or it may be picked up at these fine locations: in Licking, Town & Country Supermarket, Corner Express, Rinne Fast & Friendly, Casey’s General Store, Dollar General, Rinne Pharmacy, Route 63 Liquor, Friend Lumber Company, Feedlot Cafe, Country Crafts & Flea Market, and at the counter or at the paper box in front of The Licking News office; in Salem at the Salem News office, in Houston at Corner Express; in Edgar Springs at Dollar General; and in Success at Pittman’s Store.
The Licking News is delivered free of charge to local third grade classes to inspire reading. Many thanks go to Town & Country Bank for their generous sponsorship of this program for the Licking third grade classes; many thanks to Progressive Ozark Bank for their generous sponsorship of this program for the Raymondville and Success third grade classes; and many thanks to Phelps County Bank for their generous sponsorship of this program for the Phelps County R-III third grade class.
