In this edition: October 16, 2025
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Also in this week’s print edition of The Licking News you’ll find:
See the big Buckner & Gately Auction ad on B5.
Montauk Baptist Church announces their 60th Anniversary celebration on A3, and the City of Licking tells about a Meet and Greet free breakfast, both happening this weekend. The Light the Night Festival has a Street Dance added to the fun this year – see details in their ad on A3.
On A4, see this week’s Elementary Learner, Athlete of the Week and High School Learner, sponsored by Kinder Feed & Farm Supply, Rinne Tire Pros and Corner Express-Shell, respectively.
Phelps Health welcomes a new provider on A5.
Coming Events is full of October and November activities. Read about them 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.
There are three obituaries on A3 this week. Our condolences to the families. Also read AMEC CEO Caleb Jones’ monthly article. Have you thought about being an ombudsman before? Read about their role in the lives of long-term care residents.
See which local students graduated from Mizzou this summer on A4, along with school lunch menus and the Sports Schedule this week.
A5 has two articles from TCMH – one features a DAISY Award winner and the other discusses Medicare Open Enrollment. Also see what streets are affected around Phelps Health due to ED construction.
Two art classes in two weeks were held at the Texas County Museum of Art & History, on A6, and Rick Mansfield may be having an identity crisis, in Reflections from the Road. Lee Ann Akins shares what’s new at the Licking Library in Bookends and Easy Popovers are the recipe of the week in Ozarks Cooks.
B1 features this week’s Tech Talk and this month’s Behind the Blue with Cpl. Kenny Santee, of the Licking Police Department. Also read a letter to the editor from Marie Lasater.
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.
Notes from the October meeting of the Missouri Conservation Commission and an MSHP article about deer on the road can be found on B5.
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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.
