In this edition: June 12, 2025
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Also in this week’s print edition of The Licking News you’ll find:
First Baptist Church of Licking invites all to hear a speaker give testimony about how Operation Christmas Child changed her life – see details on A3.
See a thank you ad on A3.
Who’s having VBS? See it on A4 and in Coming Events.
Licking Aquatic Center lists hours, admission costs and several other items in their ad on A4.
Veterans Organizations say thanks for the support of Armed Forces Appreciation Day on A6.
Bottorff’s South-Town Furniture is having a retirement sale, see all about it on B1.
Victor Baptist Church is seeking a pastor and Intercounty Electric has two positions open; read this and other classifieds on B4.
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.
Three obituaries will be found on A3 this week, and an offender at SCCC passed away.
See a plethora of college honors lists on A4 this week, and read the local results of the MSHP annual school bus inspections.
See who has entered an agreement with MSU-WP and how it can affect Code Lab graduates on A4.
Phelps Health honors volunteers on A5.
Terra Culley shares a Texas County 911 story on A5.
An all-day benefit draws a crowd, on A6.
Lee Ann Akins shares what’s new at the library in this week’s Bookends.
Rick Mansfield kept his cookies, in this week’s Reflections from the Road.
Mini Hasselback Potatoes sound delicious in this week’s Ozarks Cooks.
Tech Talk shares some math tricks this week, on B5.
Echo Bluff State Park has a conceptual development plan survey online – read about it on B5.
MSHP’s Rural Crimes Investigative Unit and the Livestock and Farm Protection Task Force, along with the Missouri Attorney General, are investigating false claims of New World Screwworm in Missouri. Read about it on B5.
You can also keep current with reports from the Texas County Courthouse, Texas County Sheriff’s Department, Texas County Commission, MSHP and LPD.
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