Licking woman arrested for possession, receiving stolen property
By Shari Harris, Publisher A traffic stop by the Licking Police Department last week resulted in an arrest of a Licking woman for possession of a controlled substance and receiving stolen property. An officer with the Licking Police Department conducted a traffic stop on Beth Street on Monday, June 9, at approximately 10:48 p.m., of…
Read MoreComing Events: June 19, 2025
ABOUNDING HOPE CHURCH VBS Vacation Bible School at Abounding Hope Church will be held June 16-20, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. STORM SIREN TESTING Testing of the Licking storm sirens is scheduled to take place at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 19. OCC TESTIMONY Licking First Baptist Church is honored to have Yuri (Judy) Lopez…
Read MoreClassifieds: June 19-18, 2025
Yard/Garage Sales: Yard Sale: Wiggs yearly yard sale. 16745 Sunset Drive, Thursday, Friday, Saturday starting at 7 a.m. H/9/1tp Yard Sale: Three families, Friday and Saturday, 1120 Orchard Grove, Houston. Deck accessories, electronics, furniture, toddler clothes, puzzles, dishes, material, miscellaneous. H/9/1tp Yard Sale: 9 a.m. June 22 through 27, 9905 Hwy. 17, 12 miles north…
Read MoreObituary – Gary R. Holland, MSGT (Ret.)
Gary Ronald Holland, Master Sergeant, U.S. Army (Retired), passed away on June 12, 2025, at the age of 76, at the Missouri Veterans Home in St. James, Missouri. He was born on November 29, 1948, in Waynesville, Missouri, to Otto and Virginia (Pursifull) Holland. He was welcomed into the world by his older brother, Thomas…
Read MoreObituary – Emily E. Parker
Mrs. Emily Ernestine Hood Parker, age 54, passed away from cancer on Saturday morning, June 14, 2025, at her home surrounded by family and friends in Licking. She was born to the late Darrell E. and Patricia E. York Hood. Emily was preceded in death by her husband of eleven years, Drake Parker, on September…
Read MoreObituary – Tammy M. Harris
Tammy May (Hopkins) Harris passed away at Phelps Health in Rolla, Mo., surrounded by her family on June 5, 2025. She was born to Marian (Barber) Hopkins and Dexter Hopkins on April 6, 1959. She is preceded in death by her maternal and paternal grandparents; her father, Dexter Hopkins; her mother- and father-in-law, Bob and…
Read MoreObituary – Alice “Pauline” Taylor
Alice Pauline (Watson) Taylor was born October 25, 1930, in Hartshorn, Missouri, to William Henry and Gladys (Scurlock) Watson. She passed away June 11, 2025, in Sullivan, Missouri. Pauline married Warren Robert Taylor on December 26, 1946, and they were married for nearly fifty years before Warren passed away on October 25, 1996. She was…
Read MoreObituary – Bert Silverman
Bert Silverman, age 84, husband of Diane Silverman, was born April 3, 1941, in Philadelphia, Pa. Bert passed away on June 9, 2025, at his home in Licking, Mo. He moved to Licking from Kingman, Ariz., four years ago and loved it here. He inherited three daughters when he married Diane; Kathy, Laurie and Kristin.…
Read MoreObituary – Geneva M. Black
Geneva M. Black, of Duke, Mo., passed away Monday, June 9, 2025, at the age of 90. Geneva was born in Colorado, on March 5, 1935, to Charlie and Elizabeth (Rath) Rose. She had three sisters, Evelyn, Mildred and Dorothy; and two brothers, Bobby and Gary. Geneva married Donald Eugene Humphrey and to this union…
Read MoreIn this edition: June 12, 2025
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