By Shari Harris, Publisher A traffic stop was initiated on Dixon Road by a Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) trooper at 12:33 p.m. on Thursday, when a red GMC Sonoma traveling north on U.S. Highway 63 was noted to have a registration violation. The driver fled the scene and the trooper pursued the vehicle, with assistance…

The Licking News is a great way to keep in touch with the Licking community. Great weekly columns, area-wide menus, sports schedules, city, county and state updates, obituaries, local area coming events, job listings and other classifieds are all included in the print edition this week. In addition to the current postings on our webpage,…

By Shari Harris, Publisher Licking Pentecostal Holiness Church hosted their annual Chili & Dessert Cook Off Friday evening at their Fellowship Hall. Tables were full this year as church and community members enjoyed their fill of the delicious chilis and desserts. There was something for everyone, spicy to mild, even chicken chili. Cakes, cobblers, puddings and…

By Shari Harris, Publisher Flooding on November 5 led to damage to the roadway at Mason Bridge on Highway 32 west of Licking, as well as to numerous other county roads and bridges, campgrounds and low lying structures. Even in properties not located near waterways, basements flooded and crawlspaces filled with water. Area residents continue to…

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking the public’s assistance with obtaining identifying information regarding an unknown male who may have critical information pertaining to the identity of a child victim in an ongoing sexual exploitation investigation. Photographs and an informational poster depicting the unknown individual, known only as John Doe 49,…

Sheriff Scott K. Lindsey On November 15, at approximately 11:45 p.m., Texas County deputies were dispatched to Texas County Memorial Hospital for a report of a patient with a gunshot wound. Deputies contacted a 19-year-old male victim, who reported being in an argument with a family member, Wayne Beck. The victim stated during the argument…