Rep. Cook’s mobile office in Licking
By Shari Harris, Publisher State Representative Bennie Cook, District 142, held mobile offices Monday in several locations throughout Texas County. He met with citizens at Licking City Hall between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Cook discussed several topics brought up by constituents, including law enforcement needs and changes in the area, including upcoming sales tax…
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2022 Texas County Livestock Fair Schedule
Coming Events July 21, 2022
STORM SIREN TESTING Testing of the Licking storm sirens will take place at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 21. OCEANS OF POSSIBILITIES The Licking Texas County Library’s Summer Reading Program “Oceans of Possibilities” will feature Kaleidoscope on Thursday, July 21, at 1 p.m. For more information call 573-674-2038. TEXAS CO. DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE MTG. The…
Read MoreClassifieds: July 21 – July 27, 2022
For Sale: For Sale: Handcrafted quilts made in the Ozarks. Available at the Rock House Vintage Market, Licking. L/29/1tp For Sale: Closeout on new discontinued tires and new tires. We also have lots of used tires. OK Tire, Houston, 417-967-3694. H/13/2tc For Sale: New at The Licking News, “Missives: The Eternal Quest,” a Christian fiction…
Read MoreObituary – Dana L. Barton
Dana Ladena Barton was born April 29, 1958, to Ernie and Leona (Daugherty) Skaggs, and passed away July 18, 2022. Dana married Larry (Pepsi) Teem on February 6, 1976. To this union two children were born, Trisha and Anthony. After Larry’s passing in February 2001, Dana married Lonnie Barton on May 24, 2003. She loved…
Read More#giveCASA 2022
Submitted A child with a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer is more likely to become a productive and contributing adult. It has been said that when a child in foster care has been matched with a CASA volunteer, that child just blossoms and evolves. “My case is an example of exactly why I became…
Read MoreObituary – Maurice “Morris” Wade
Maurice “Morris” Glenn Wade, 81, of Licking, Mo., passed away July 18, 2022. Morris was born on September 16, 1940, in St. Louis, Mo., the son of Max and Mabel (Firestine) Wade. Morris worked as a laborer for the MoDOT Highway Department, eventually retiring from his position. Morris enjoyed jig dancing, fishing, deer and turkey…
Read MorePursuit ends in fugitive arrest
By Scott K. Lindsey, Texas Co. Sheriff HOUSTON, Mo. (July 15, 2022) – On the evening of July 14, 2022, the Missouri State Highway Patrol initiated a pursuit of a possible intoxicated driver on Lone Pine Road. The pursuit traveled across several county roads along the Wright/Texas county line. The highway patrol vehicle in the…
Read MoreObituary – Donnie G. James
Donnie Gene James was born on January 10, 1944, in Shannon County, Mo. He passed away July 13, 2022, in Springfield, Mo. Donnie is preceded in death by his wife, Beverly Joyce James; parents, Arthur and Lela James; brothers, Archie James, Frank James, Danny James and infant brother, Ronald Dale James; sisters, Geraldine Brimm, Wilma…
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