Area News

The Licking Chamber of Commerce met Thursday for their monthly meeting. The main item on the agenda was the results of the rodeo. The consensus was that the rodeo was professionally run, and positive comments about the event were heard by many. Attendance was excellent, especially on Saturday night when the grounds were packed. The…

Submitted The American Red Cross will hold a Blood Drive from 2 to 6 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Parish Hall, 222 W. Hwy. 32 in Licking on Tuesday, July 13. Please call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter LICKING to schedule an appointment. Donors are eligible to win gas for…

Submitted Make s’more memories. Give blood. Save lives. The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks will be holding a Blood Drive at the United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 208 S. Main Street, Licking, from 1 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 22. All donors will be given a free t-shirt while supplies last, and will…

TCMH HOUSTON, Mo. – Texas County Memorial Hospital is hosting a blood drive on Friday, July 16 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO) will collect blood donations in the Jayson Gentry Community Safe Room on the TCMH campus. Currently, there is a critical need for all blood types,…

  By Shari Harris, Publisher The 2021 Annual Meeting of the Membership for Intercounty Electric Cooperative Association (IECA) was held in a similar fashion to last year due to continuing concerns for social distancing. As in 2020, only the business meeting component of the annual assembly was held. Mail in voting was streamlined this year,…

In addition to the current media postings, in this week’s print edition of The Licking News: Rick Mansfield asks the question “What If,” and Larry Dablemont initiates “Where the Quail Went, Wild Turkeys Go Now.” June was a busy, fun-filled month at Licking Residential Care; they even went “fishing.” Learn “How to plan a backyard…

By Shari Harris, Publisher A grand jury indictment was filed by Texas County Prosecuting Attorney Parke Stevens on April 23, 2021, charging Harold Lamar Starks, age 31, with second degree murder and endangering a correctional employee. In a hearing on June 22, 2021, Judge John D. Beger granted a change of venue to Pulaski County…

  By Christy Porter, Managing Editor The Catalpa (kuh•tal•puh) tree, locally known as the twisted tree, stood sentinel on the corner lot of Main and Myers Streets for many years. Prior to the TCMH and Myers (circa 1954) clinics, the home of Rosella (Williams) and Alba W. Ray, Sr., stood on the property. Ray family…