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Licking Residential Care turned their Valentine celebration into a fundraiser for the Residents’ Activity Fund. Visitors, staff and residents voted with pennies or more for their choice for the Valentine King and Queen. The votes were tallied on Friday, February 13, and $224.00 was raised for the Residents’ Activity Fund. This year’s King and Queen…

The Show Me Skills Talent Competition is being held in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Cadrian Hutsell, a Licking High School alumnus, has advanced through auditions and the semifinal round to be one of the ten finalists in the competition. The talent competition gives contestants the opportunity to share their talents live in front of judges…

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The Licking Rural Fire Department responded to three structure fires in January, and within a 12-hour period beginning Saturday afternoon, February 7, were deployed for two structure fires, one in the rural district and one within the city, and they provided mutual aid at a structure fire south of Edgar Springs. Not only do heating…

LICKING, Mo. — Dr. Edna M. Grover-Bisker, a longtime community leader, educator, and advocate for families across Mid‑Missouri, has been nominated as Missouri’s 2026 Mother of the Year, a statewide honor recognizing exceptional dedication to motherhood, service, and positive impact. The Missouri Mother of the Year award, presented annually by American Mothers, Inc., celebrates women…

Chief Pat Burton On January 30, 2026, at approximately 2:23 p.m., an officer with the Licking Police Department responded to South Central Correctional Center for a report of an employee attempting to bring a prohibited item into the facility. During the course of the investigation, it was determined that Corie Buckner, a 37-year-old male from…

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The residents and staff at Licking Residential Care enjoyed strawberry cake Friday, which was served in honor of Tina Wade’s 65th birthday and Haley Floyd Joyner’s 18th work anniversary at the facility. Joyner began at the residential care center 18 years ago, doing housekeeping, “scrubbing toilets,” as she explained. She quickly advanced to cooking and…

On January 29, Stars and Stripes shared that the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) announced that a $5,000 reward was being offered for information about an explosive stolen from Fort Leonard Wood. The demolition shaped charge was last accounted for at the Ammunition Supply Point on base on November 7. Shaped charges focus the effect…