In this edition: July 24, 2025
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Also in this week’s print edition of The Licking News you’ll find:
The LHS All Classes Alumni Reunion will be held this Saturday, July 26, at Intercounty Electric Auditorium. Details are in their ad on A4.
Boone Creek Baptist Church VBS begins July 27, see their ad on A3.
Walter Plant will be singing at Anutt Community Church July 26th. See their ad on B1 for times and location.
In Coming Events, a School Supply Bash will give your kids most of their school supplies on August 1 at the Old City Park., 5-7 p.m. A Kids Trout Tournament will be held at Montauk on August 2, and kids fish free the following Saturday, August 9. See these coming events and many more on A2.
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 A3 this week.
A3 shares photos from a special birthday and from a Walter Plant concert, in addition to another poem in our Poetry Corner.
On A4, see how new bills signed by the governor will affect education. Additional funding is now available for law enforcement recruits for their training. MSHSAA announces their compliance and implementation strategy for inclusion of home schoolers in sports and activities, and see who the Cardinals drafted in the 2025 MLB Draft.
Missouri State has released their Spring 2025 Graduation List – do you know anyone on it? Find it on A5.
A cannabis manufacturing facility’s license has been revoked, and Missouri published their annual maternal mortality report, both on A5.
A6 has this week’s Farmer’s Market Finds, the museum has had an art class, and a Broccoli & Rice Casserole recipe is in Ozarks Cooks. Lee Ann Akins talks about the Summer Reading Program and what’s new at the library, and Rick Mansfield looks at “Places, Paths and Possibilities” in Reflections from the Road.
A Public Safety Recruitment and Retention Act has been signed into law and will benefit public safety professionals and their families, and read about “Talking Plants” on B1.
On B5, you’ll see that MU Extension is offering a class on Cattle Reproduction in Houston; register now as space is limited. Registration is also open for Missouri Master Gardener online training. You can also read about 10 other bills that were signed by the governor, including one regarding invasive plants.
You can also keep current with reports from the Texas County Courthouse, Texas County Sheriff’s Department, Texas County Commission, LPD and MSHP.
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