Area News

  By Christy Porter, Managing Editor Licking Residential Care hosted a Fish Fry and Auction in their parking area Monday evening. The goal of providing funds to help with activities and Christmas festivities for residents was met very successfully, according to Activities Director Jessica Hildebrand. Support from the community was shown by an estimated 150…

  By Marione Martin, Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Recently my brother Gene sent me an old photograph from the 1950s. He’d been looking through photo albums and thought I’d like this one. It was taken in the office of our family’s weekly newspaper, The Licking News, published in Licking, Mo. My family, a longtime newspaper employee and…

  By Shari Harris, Publisher Licking celebrated Independence Day with an afternoon and evening of activities at Deer Lick Park and a parade on Main Street, culminating in a grand fireworks display at dark. The Wildcat Travel Club kicked off the event with a cornhole tournament, and vendors began setting up to offer their wares,…

In addition to the current media postings, in this week’s print edition of The Licking News: Rick Mansfield creates and discusses the benefits of “Art,” and Larry Dablemont defines “Extinction Versus Scarcity,” with our bird population. Hickory Manor performed “excellently” at a full evacuation drill of the facility, and Licking Residential Care names May Employee…

The remainder of the VFW Post #6337 murals, made by the SCCC Restorative Justice Program, were hung on Thursday. Intercounty Electric Cooperative Association employees Josh Hood and Eryc Koch placed the murals from the bucket while a crew assisted with details from the ground. Brandon Johnson began applying the silicone around the edges from another…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Representative Bennie Cook is receiving recognition for his outstanding work as an advocate for Missouri’s law enforcement. Cook recently received a Freshman Legislator of the Year Award for his work as a Friend of Law Enforcement from House Speaker Rob Vescovo. In his first term in office, Cook has proved…

By Christy Porter, Managing Editor More information was forthcoming about the Catalpa twisted tree after the publication of last week’s story. Myrna Van Deusen, past Licking City Administrator/Clerk and past Licking City Mayor, contacted The Licking News with more to the story. “The tree had to be removed,” shared Van Deusen, “but we kept a…

  Licking Downtown, Inc., met on Thursday, July 1, for their monthly meeting. The next event sponsored by the group will be an ice cream social. The State Historical Society of Missouri has invited organizations to participate in a statewide Ice Cream Social on August 10, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Missouri statehood. Free…