In this edition: October 31, 2024
The Licking News is a great way to keep in touch with the Licking community. Great weekly columns, job listings, area-wide menus, sports schedules, city, county and state updates, obituaries, local area coming events and classifieds are all included in the print edition this week.
In addition to the current postings on our webpage, in this week’s print edition of The Licking News:
See this week’s learners and athlete of the week at Licking Schools, courtesy of Corner Express, Kinder Plant Food and Rinne Tire Pros.
The 11th Annual Light the Night Festival will be Thursday, October 31. See what’s new this year!
Buckner & Gately Auction are having a big auction this Saturday. You’ll find their listing on A7.
Abounding Hope Church Homecoming will be November 3, with 4 Calvary in concert at 10:30 a.m. Dinner will follow at noon.
New Life Free Will Baptist is having a fundraiser for the children’s home Grace Orphanage on November 9, and will have Becky Lercher in concert on Sunday, November 10, at 6 p.m.
Opponents and proponents of Amendment 3 express their views, Jason Smith asks for your vote for U.S. Congress and Missouri Democrats share why they think you should vote for them.
The Sample Ballot listing all your choices in the November election is on page B3. And if you are wondering what the full version of the amendments are that will be on the November ballot, they are listed on pages B4-B7.
John J. Pershing VA Medical Center is inviting medical clinicians and adult caregivers from around the region to the 2024 Caregiver Summit and Resource Fair on November 1, in Poplar Bluff.
See all the new additions to this week’s coming events on A2, and check out our other advertisers throughout this edition and on our classified and public notice pages.
The Senior Center could use more volunteers, especially a delivery driver on Fridays; and the Thanksgiving feast will be held November 19 at 11 a.m.
Abounding Hope hosted a Mark Bishop concert, and St. John the Baptist Catholic Church hosted a Red Cross Blood Drive; see them on A3.
TCMH receives a grant to fund a teleneurology project, which will allow patients to “see” a neurologist in Texas County using telehealth. Find it and the rest of the board report on A5.
Phelps Health Comprehensive Breast Center earns top accreditation; see the story on A5.
An influenza vaccination clinic was held in Licking; it’s also on A5.
In Reflections from the Road, see what Mansfield’s talking about in “Take Some, Leave Some.”
See what’s new at the Licking Library in this week’s Bookends.
Scott Hamilton ponders “When Music Died” and finds that dynamic range has decreased over the decades, in this week’s Tech Talk.
You can also keep current with reports from the Texas County Courthouse, Sheriff’s Department, County Commission and MSHP.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 Houston at Corner Express; in Salem at The Salem News Office; in Edgar Springs at Dollar General; and in Success at Pittman’s Store.
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