In this edition: December 18, 2025
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In this week’s print edition of The Licking News you’ll find our special Christmas section, filled with letters to Santa from the Licking Elementary School kindergarteners, written by the second grade students, and also containing Christmas greetings from area businesses featuring artwork from the second grade students.
On A4, see this week’s Elementary Learner of the Week and the Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Kinder Plant Food and Rinne Tire Pros.
The staff at TCMH Family Clinic wish everyone a Merry Christmas on A5, and everyone at Kuhn’s Sanitation Service LLC and Kuhn’s Roll-Off also send season greetings on B7.
There’s an Inventory Reduction Sale at Agri Enterprises, just in time for Christmas! See details on A8.
See four job listings on B4 – three at Intercounty Electric, and George O. White State Forest Nursery is hiring; see their help wanted ad.
You’ll find information about several upcoming activities in Coming Events on A2, including the Community Christmas Dinner at Licking Christmas Church on Christmas Day.
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.
Five obituaries will be found on A3, and two on A8 this week. Our condolences to the families. You’ll also see a heart-felt thank you ad on A3.
Rep. Bennie Cook met the Licking Wildcat mascot; read about it on A4. See what happened at the December meeting of the Licking Board of Education there as well. The sports schedules are also on the page.
TCMH shares their employee awards on A5, and the TCMH Hospice of Care Auction sets a new record.
You’ll find our classified ads on A6 this week, and public notices will be found on A7, along with the Courthouse Report and MSHP report.
On A8 this week, Abounding Hope Church helps with the gift of giving, and see the Texas County Sheriff’s Report and the County Commission report.
SCCC employees and the OOA program at SCCC both make donations; read about them on B7. Rick Mansfield’s continued story will also be found there, in Reflections from the Road. Mrs. Mondy gives us a Christmas treat recipe for Christmas Date Pecan Balls in Ozarks Cooks.
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 will be delivered free of charge again this school year 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.
