In this edition: September 18, 2025
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Also in this week’s print edition of The Licking News you’ll find:
The Licking Fall Festival will be held on Saturday, September 20; see their ad on A3. And that evening is the Truck & Tractor Pull at R&S Track, also with an ad on A3 – you won’t want to miss it! Sunday will be the Homecoming Celebration at Boone Creek Baptist Church, with Kirby Clark and Roy Bond providing special music.
On A4, see this week’s HS/JH Learner, Elementary Learner and Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Corner Express-Shell, Kinder Plant Food and Rinne Tire Pros, respectively.
Phelps Health welcomes a new provider in their ad on A5.
Progressive Ozark Bank is hosting a fish fry on Friday, Sept. 26; their ad is on A6.
Coming Events is full of September and October activities, from Thursday, September 18, through Saturday, October 18. Read about all the coming events 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.
Page A3 highlights “A sweet day at Licking Residential Care,” a “Junk & Craft Fest at Country Crafts,” Mark Bishop at Abounding Hope, Operation Christmas Child’s kick-off and a sketching workshop at Echo Bluff.
A4 has school lunch menus, the Sports Schedule, the details of the September Licking Board of Education meeting, and honors lists from SNHU.
On A5 this week, read the details of the hospital board of trustees meeting, and see another success story at TCMH.
Reflections from the Road and Bookends will be found on A6, along with a recipe for Basic Sugar Cookies from Linda Mondy in Ozarks Cooks. It’s short notice, but you can also find information about a public meeting at Montauk State Park.
Dr. Ava Frick talks about how diabetes can affect your pet, in Animal Attraction; Scott Hamilton gives a brief history of AI; and see the results of the September Board of Aldermen meeting for the City of Licking, all on B1.
On B5, three men connected to poaching an elk in Shannon County are sentenced.
You can also keep current with reports from the Texas County Courthouse, Texas County Sheriff’s Department, Texas County Commission and MSHP on B2 and B3 of this edition.
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 will be delivered free of charge again this school year 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.
