In this edition: September 4, 2025
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Also in this week’s print edition of The Licking News you’ll find:
Licking Bridge Builders is having a Fundraising Breakfast on Saturday, September 13; see their ad on A3 for details.
Intercounty Electric has posted a job opening on our classified page.
Coming Events is full of September activities. Read about all the coming events 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.
This week on A3, you’ll see two obituaries and a notice regarding a death at SCCC. See who was in concert at New Life Free Will Baptist over the weekend. You’ll also read about old crimes that northwest Texas County citizens were reminded of this summer.
A4 has school lunch menus, the Sports Schedule, and a preview of the Wildcats’ Cross Country season.
Education and Health are found on A5 this week, with a new column from Licking School Superintendent Telena Haneline and a Summer Semester Dean’s List. Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior Services shared three informative articles as well.
Find out what’s happening at the Licking Library in this week’s Bookends, on A6. SCCC celebrates new case managers, and Caleb Jones talks about County Fairs. In Ozarks Cooks, Linda Mondy shares her recipe for Black Bean Chopped Salad.
Learn about how tech companies are fooled by tech on B1, and read about the special session of the legislature called by Governor Kehoe to update congressional districts. Texas County Sheriff Scott Lindsey shares his monthly report in Behind the Blue.
On B6, read about a family archery event the MDC will hold in Rolla, and registration is open for the Governor’s Conference on Agriculture.
You can also keep current with reports from the Texas County Courthouse, Texas County Sheriff’s Department, Texas County Commission, LPD, Texas County Health Department and MSHP on B2, B3 and B5 of this edition.
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