In This Edition: April 17, 2025
In this edition: April 17, 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, HS Learner of the Week, sponsored by Hawn Law Office, and Elementary Learner of the Week, sponsored by Kinder Feed & Farm.
Licking United Methodist Church is having their annual indoor yard sale and bake sale, and there are two Thank You ads, all 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 A6 and B2.
Licking Christian Church invites you to celebrate Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Salem Post & Timber is hiring for full-time positions.
Salem Livestock is having a stock cow sale; see early consignments in their ad on B4.
In Coming Events, Montauk State Park has several upcoming events, the MC Cruise-In resumes this month, and the Senior Center has a Mostaccioli and Spaghetti Dinner on May 4. See these and other coming events on B2.
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.
Four obituaries will be found on A4 this week.
See which Licking family was named Texas County Farm Family, on A3.
Terra Culley introduces us to the dispatchers at Texas County 911 this week.
Read about Ozarks Food Harvest cuts from USDA this year, and see what certification Phelps Health earned, both on A5.
Reflections from the Road tells of the difficulties of finding a substitute for Easter eggs.
Bookends tells us what’s new at the Licking library, on A6.
Lane retires from Town & Country Bank; see the article on A6.
Linda Mondy shares a delicious recipe for Hearty Country Casserole in Ozarks Cooks this week.
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.
Does AI hallucinate? That question is asked in this week’s Tech Talk.
Corporal Kenny Santee shares tornado safety tips in this week’s Behind the Blue.
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.
April is National Gardening Month, CFO and Vital Farms have launched a Local Impact Grantmaking program, and read the news from Senator Hawley’s office, all on B5.
You can also keep current with reports from the Texas County Courthouse, Texas County Sheriff’s Department, Texas County Commission, LPD 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 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.
