Classifieds: January 23 – 29, 2025
For Sale: For Sale: Hay for sale near Ben Davis, MO. 4×5 round bales quality hay, net wrapped around 150 bales. 417-259-1555. H/39/2tp For Free: Free Wood: Big tree down by storm can have wood for cutting the tree up. See at 8014 Indiana, Houston or call 417-260-3027. Roosters $5 each, have 3 just crowing.…
Read MoreIn this edition: January 23, 2025
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, classifieds, and don’t forget comics and puzzles are all included in the print edition this week. In addition to the current postings on…
Read MoreObituary – Irene Warner
Irene Warner, age 99, of Licking, Mo., and prior long-time resident of Salem, Mo., passed peacefully into the next life on January 17, 2025, her family at her side at Texas County Memorial Hospital. Irene was born October 15, 1925, to Maude (Cooley) and John William Welch. Irene was one of nine children, and the…
Read MoreObituary – Brenda K. Sullins
Brenda Kay (Cook) Sullins, daughter of George Cook and Betty Heath, was born on October 13, 1946, in St. Louis, Missouri. She passed away on January 8, 2025, at the Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri, at the age of 78. Brenda is preceded in death by her parents; mother and father-in-law, Lorene and Raymond…
Read MoreObituary – Russell W. Alers
Russell Wayne Alers was born June 16, 1956, in Alton/Wood River, Ill. He died, with his close, step-nephew, Joe Anderson, of Columbia, vigilantly at his side, on January 13, 2025, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield; he was 68. Russ (aka “Swade”) moved to Licking with his family in 1961, when his dad was…
Read MoreIn this edition: January 16, 2025
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, classifieds, and don’t forget comics and puzzles are all included in the print edition this week. In addition to the current postings on…
Read MoreFire Department Training Room is operational
By Shari Harris, Publisher When the Licking Rural and City Fire departments hosted their Open House in October, they shared plans for the construction of a new training room. Thanks to the hard work of the volunteer firefighters, that training room has become a reality. Built in the northeast corner of the fire station, a fully…
Read MoreCWD meeting held in Houston
By Shari Harris, Publisher The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) held a public meeting on Tuesday, January 7, in Houston. Landowners, hunters, and conservation partners were invited to attend and learn more about chronic wasting disease (CWD) and MDC plans for managing the disease. Despite the less-than-ideal weather, a good turnout was reported. An extensive…
Read MoreMeet TCMH’s first baby of 2025
HOUSTON, Mo. – It’s a boy! John Craig Decker was the first baby born at Texas County Memorial Hospital in 2025, arriving at 4:09 p.m. on Wednesday, January 1. His parents, Nicholas and Leah Decker, of Eminence, Missouri, were overjoyed to welcome their precious son, John. Christopher Baldwin, MD, an obstetrician and gynecologist, and Kristina…
Read MoreMega Millions ticket worth $1 million sold in Willow Springs
Mo. Lottery A lucky Missouri Lottery player in Howell County rang in the New Year as a million-dollar winner. Someone who bought a Mega Millions ticket at Town & Country Supermarket, 719 E. Main St. in Willow Springs, won $1 million in the Friday, December 27, drawing by matching all five white-ball numbers drawn –…
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