In this edition: August 14, 2025
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Also in this week’s print edition of The Licking News you’ll find:
A new auction ad for Buckner & Gately on B5.
A Happy Anniversary ad for Gerald & Sonya Ross! Happy Anniversary!
Licking Elementary Open House will be Monday, August 18. The Texas County Library says Thank You to everyone who helped with the 2025 Summer Reading Program. See details in their ads on A4.
Phelps Health says Your Voice Matters and asks you to take their Community Health Needs Assessment, in their ad on A5.
There is a new job opening for Ozark Action, and Maddog Radford LLC is advertising their Residential and Commercial Electrical services on B4.
Public Notices can be found on B3.
In Coming Events, there will be a Butterfly Release sponsored by Three Rivers Hospice at the Old City Park at 6 p.m. this Friday, August 15. Edgar Prairie Days is the following weekend. See these coming events and many more on A2.
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.
On A3 this week, you’ll see two obituaries and photos of two art classes held at the museum.
A4 introduces more new teachers, this time three high school teachers and a music teacher who will be seen at both campuses. Read about the MSU-WP Chancellor being appointed as a founding member of the President’s Committee for the NJCAA Esports, and learn about a free Family Fishing Day at Twin Pines Conservation Center. The first school menus for the 2025-26 school year will also be found there.
Terra Culley brings us another interesting Texas County 911 article on A5 – Happy 30 year anniversary! Also read about the EMS Open House at Phelps Health.
Rick Mansfield speaks of “Wishes, Wants and Why Nots” in Reflections from the Road, and see a new vendor in Farmer’s Market Finds. Sandi Scurlock shares Part Four of her Country Music Memories look at the Grand Ole Opry, and Ozarks Cooks makes Easy Bread. Also on A6, read about two offender groups who raised funds for school supplies at Licking schools.
On B1, read Dr. Ava Frick’s latest Animal Attractions (anyone who has ever owned goats will most definitely appreciate it). Caleb Jones, of AMEC, shares that a trip to New York City showed him that the “Grass is Greener Back Home.” Tech Talk’s Scott Hamilton revives some old computers in “A Blast from the Past.”
On B3, MSHP provides tips to parents, students and motorist regarding going back to school. Read a cautionary letter to the editor on B5, warning you to check your taxes on B5, and see what Representative Bennie Cook was doing in Washington, D.C.
You can also keep current with reports from the Texas County Courthouse, Texas County Sheriff’s Department, Texas County Commission, LPD and MSHP in the B section of this edition.
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