In this edition: January 2, 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 are:
This week’s LHS Athlete of the Week, courtesy of Rinne Tire Pros.
Phelps Health introduces a new provider.
Progressive Ozark Bank has a new CD rate.
TJ’s Flea Market has a January Sale going on – don’t miss it!
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.
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See 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.
Cindy Wampner thanks everyone who supports the Senior Center in this week’s Senior Center Happenings.
Two obituaries, a death notice, and a death at SCCC will be found on A3.
The Missouri Retired Teachers Association were pleased with a bill that passed the Senate in late December.
There will be an FAA remote pilot exam workshop January 6-8 in West Plains that is necessary if you want to fly drones commercially; see details on A4.
D&L Florist held their Annual Tree Contest to raise money for Hospice of Care. See how successful it was on A5.
Grant funding was approved by Governor Parson in December to enhance nursing programs statewide; see which colleges benefitted on A5.
A troubling rise in HPV-associated cancer has been seen in rural Missouri.
Author Bryan Golden urges us “Don’t Try” and instead suggests to say “I will.”
Rick Mansfield talks of “Notes and New Beginnings” in this week’s Reflections from the Road.
Haley Joyner pens “A Christmas letter from Licking Residential Care.”
See the first of three parts from Linda Mondy about “Colonial Christmas Traditions,” and see her recipe for Basic Chicken Fried Rice in Ozarks Cooks.
Scott Hamilton talks about Neuralink and technological advances in the implantation of microchips.
Deloris Gray Wood shares her experiences at the “Mt. Zion 10th Anniversary Christmas Worship Service.”
Senator-elect Brad Hudson announces his staff for the first term.
See who was named the new MoDOT Deputy Director, on B3.
MSHP reported three traffic fatalities over Christmas.
Missouri One Start begins accepting applications for the Credential Training Program, a grant that helps employers offset the cost of short-term, industry-related employee credentialing. See details on B3.
See three Missouri Department of Conservation articles on B5, including how animals adapt to cold weather, the success of protecting and restoring wetlands for migrating birds, and an upcoming class on raccoon hide hair-on tanning that will be held in Waynesville.
You can also keep current with reports from the Texas County Courthouse, Texas County Sheriff’s Department, Texas County Commission, MSHP, and Licking Police Department.
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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.
