TCMH HOUSTON, Mo. – Texas County Memorial Hospital has received word from the Missouri Department of Economic Development that the hospital has been approved for a $1,690,000 Community Development Block Grant Covid-19 (CBDG-CV) program to benefit the new TCMH Licking Community Covid-19 Emergency Healthcare Response Site (Licking ERS) project. The CDBG program provides annual grants…

By Winter Murray, 2022 Intern Christy Porter, Managing Editor of The Licking News presented a book reading to local children at the Texas County Library, Thursday, June 9. “It’s an Elephant,” a newly written book by Porter and illustrated by local artists Billie Jean Blaylock Boley and Connie Blaylock Wallace, is a fictional book, yet…

By Shari Harris, Publisher Winter Murray, of Licking, is this year’s summer intern for The Licking News. Murray, a 2022 LHS graduate, is planning to attend Missouri State University-West Plains in the fall, and progress to MSU-Springfield after achieving an Associates Degree in West Plains. Murray’s interest in publishing began in high school, where she…

By Shari Harris, Publisher A Licking man sustained fatal injuries in a one-vehicle crash on Highway 32 at 8:27 p.m. on Saturday, June 11. Twenty-six-year-old Joseph A. Kaplan was eastbound on Highway 32, five miles west of Licking, when he failed to negotiate a curve. His 2013 Chevrolet Malibu ran off of the right side…

In addition to the current media postings, in this week’s print edition of The Licking News: Rick Mansfield reflects on “Bragging Rights” in this week’s column. Larry Dablemont speaks on “Experts and Pros.” A relatively new holiday, “Juneteenth,” is being fully recognized this year; read all about it. In this week’s Bookends we get updates…