Area News

By Christy Porter, Managing Editor The Retired Teachers and School Personnel of Texas County and Wright County met Monday, June 13, with Senator Karla Eslinger as featured speaker. Cindy Pirch, Texas County Retired Teachers and School Personnel President, welcomed members and opened the meeting with prayer, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Senator Eslinger shared…

By Shari Harris, Publisher Licking High School Assistant Baseball Coach Cole Roark submitted a proposal to the Board of Aldermen on Tuesday, June 14, that would mean major upgrades to Field 1 at Deerlick Park. A proposed synthetic turf infield would relieve drainage problems that currently exist at the field, which allowed only two home…

By Shari Harris, Publisher Long-time Licking resident and educator David Barnes held a book signing for his work, “Missives: The Eternal Quest” on Friday, June 17, at Hood’s Frosty Treat. Written under his pen name, D. K. Barnes, the work of Christian fiction is available to order online at Amazon.com, Walmart.com and Barnes & Noble,…

Submitted This news release is being issued to provide notice about a data security incident affecting certain patients who received services at Phelps Care Regional Medical Center d/b/a Phelps Health (“Phelps Health”). On April 22, 2022, Phelps Health was notified by its vendor, MCG Health, LLC (“MCG”), that MCG had experienced a data security incident.…

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…