In this edition: November 13, 2025
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Also in this week’s print edition of The Licking News you’ll find:
Licking Pentecostal Holiness Church is advertising their Chili and Dessert Cookoff on A3 – don’t miss it! Also on that page is an ad about the Museum’s Miniature Art Show and Sale, with great Christmas gift ideas.
On A4, see this week’s MUSICIAN of the Week, High School Learner and Elementary Learner, sponsored by Rinne Tire Pros, Corner Express-Shell and Kinder Plant Food, respectively.
Country Crafts and Flea Market is having a Ladies Shopping Weekend Saturday; see the details in their ad on A5.
Read about a Community Resource Fair being held next week at the Elementary School, in the ad on A6.
Triplett Package is having a Retirement Sale. See details in their ad on A6.
Zimmerman Quality Meats is ready for deer season, and Honeybee Farm Market will help you get ready for Thanksgiving; see both ads on B1.
A full page of public notices on B3 includes the annual Licking R-8 School District audit.
Intercounty Electric has extended the deadline for applying for a Full Time Right-of-Way Maintenance Foreman position, and Smith Lumber is looking for workers, all on B4.
Read about upcoming sales at Salem Livestock Auction on B5, and see all our advertisers throughout this week’s edition.
Plenty of Fall Activities continue to happen, read about them in 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.
There are three obituaries this week on A3. Our condolences to the families. Two heartfelt Thank You notes are also included on A3.
See who’s organizing Licking Youth Basketball this year, and read about MSU-WP’s Spring 2026 semester schedules, along with next week’s school menus and the Licking Sports Schedule on A4.
A5 contains several news pieces this week, including a Women’s Dinner at Abounding Hope Church, a meal packing party where “God Always Provides” at Licking Christian Church, and this month’s Texas County 9-1-1 column.
On A6 this week, see how many shoeboxes were packed at Montauk Baptist Church’s packing party, read about benefit yard sales held at the Mill, find a delicious sounding recipe for Beef Stroganoff Soup, read what’s new at the library in Bookends, and Rick Mansfield talks about shining his shoes.
Dr. Ava Frick recommends making your animals’ Thanksgiving special, and Scott Hamilton explains how they are speeding up matrix multiplication on B1.
You can also keep current with reports from the Texas County Courthouse, Texas County Sheriff’s Department, Texas County Commission, Licking Police Department and MSHP on B2 and B5 this week.
Caleb Jones compares a Hillbilly traffic jam to a traffic jam in the city, on B5. Also find notes from the October Missouri Conservation Commission meeting there.
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