In this Edition: April 10, 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 you’ll find:
This week’s LHS Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Rinne Tire Pros.
It’s Medicaid Awareness Month; Phelps Health asks if you are eligible in their ad on A5.
The Licking Aquatic Center is accepting applications for the summer season; see their ads on B1.
Buckner & Gately Auction is having a big sale this weekend; see the auction bill on B5.
The Community Resurrection Service is Sunday, April 13, at LPHC – details are on A3.
Agri Enterprises is having a sale on Raptor Series mowers; see their ad on B1.
Child Guidance classes start April 21, their ads are on A2 and A4.
A new lawn care service, 4 His Kingdom, can be found in our Business Card Directory.
In Coming Events, the Easter Egg Hunt is this Saturday in Licking, a class is being held to make Easter Baskets, it’s weigh-in time for the Texas County Livestock Fair, area churches have several upcoming events, and residents at Licking Residential Care are collecting items for a yard sale fundraiser. See these and other coming events on B2.
Need old newspapers for packing? Gardening? Fire Starter? Pet needs? We have bundles of recycled papers – 50 for a $1 donation to The Licking Mill.
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. Or try a six month subscription.
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.
Read about events at two local churches on A3.
MSU-WP has summer session and fall semester schedules available online, and has invited area youth to Grizzly Basketball Summer Camp.
A Brian Cody Scholarship will be offered by the Gentry Residential Liaison Council.
Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health clinic in Houston sees an increase in services.
See our new monthly feature – Country Music Memories – on A6.
This week’s Reflections from the Road involves “Miles and Miles of Smiles.”
A Meet & Greet is set to discuss Emmett Kelly and Houston’s aspirations for local efforts.
DNR is accepting entries for their 2025 photo contest – see details on A6.
Old Fashioned Potato Casserole is the recipe for Ozarks Cooks this week.
Tech Talk surmises that “A Minecraft Movie” is “A Cultural Phenomenon.”
Congressman Jason Smith shares his Capitol Report about “Liberation Day.”
The Missouri House announces it passed a balanced state budget, now in the hands of the Senate.
MoDOT shares about road work on Highway 17 in Texas County and Route M and Route H in Phelps County.
A letter to the editor responds to a letter two weeks ago.
Missouri Conservation Commission meeting report can be found on B5.
The Missouri Public Service Commission reminds us that April is Safe Digging Month.
You can also keep current with reports from the Texas County Courthouse, Texas County Sheriff’s Department, Texas County Commission, and LPD.
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 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.
