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Chief Pat Burton, Licking Police Department The Licking Police Department extends its sincere appreciation to the local community for the continued support shown to its officers both in recognition of Law Enforcement Appreciation Day on January 9, 2026, as well as the continued support received throughout the year. Community encouragement and recognition play an important…

U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Missouri ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge Zachary M. Bluestone on Thursday sentenced a man to 156 months in prison for neglecting his uncle, a U.S. Army veteran with quadriplegia, for years and concealing his corpse to fraudulently obtain $1.8 million in his uncle’s disability benefits. Brian K. Ditch,…

Happy 2026! Please note our web address – www.thelickingnews.net – and email addresses – shari@thelickingnews.net and katey@thelickingnews.net have changed in the past year. Contact us at 573-674-2412 if you are having problems emailing us or accessing the website. Our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience these changes may have caused you. Thank you for reading The…

Progress continues with the City of Licking’s wastewater treatment plant upgrade. The new splitter box has been completed, and was brought online in December. The new generator has arrived, interior work has begun on the new lab/office/garage building, and a block building shelters the new headworks as work on the internal structure of the headworks…

July – Licking celebrated Independence Day on Saturday, July 5, at Deer Lick Park. Route 63 Car Club held their 41st Annual Car & Bike Show earlier that day at Old City Park. The Texas County Junior Livestock Fair was held the second week of July, and Wesley and Patsy Kissiar were recognized as the…

TCMH HOUSTON, Mo. – It’s a boy! Santiago Mateo Tovar was the first baby born at Texas County Memorial Hospital in 2026, arriving at 11:10 p.m. on Friday, January 2. His parents, Claudio Tovar Trinidad and Bettyjo Trinidad, of Licking, Missouri, were overjoyed to welcome their precious son, Santiago. Amanda Lemp, DO, a family medicine…

Please note our web address – www.thelickingnews.net – and email addresses – shari@thelickingnews.net and katey@thelickingnews.net have changed in the past year. Contact us at 573-674-2412 if you are having problems emailing us or accessing the website. Our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience these changes may have caused you. Thank you for reading The Licking News;…

January – The new year had an icy start, with freezing rain and sleet beginning on January 4, followed by snow overnight into January 5. This resulted in school closings and some business closings. January saw the loss of Mayor Keith Cantrell when he passed away unexpectedly on January 21. The City and Intercounty Electric…