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MSHP WILLOW SPRINGS, Mo. On April 10, 2021, at approximately 5:15 a.m., a male subject entered the Snappy Mart Convenience Store in Koshkonong, Mo., and shot four people. One individual died at the scene and the remaining three have critical injuries. They were initially taken to Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains, and then transferred to…

  Licking Alderman Ward 1 incumbent Danny Wade retained his seat on the Board in the April 6 election. Mayor Keith Cantrell and Alderman Ward II Erin McConnell were uncontested. The Licking R-VIII School Board results gave credence to the statement, “your vote counts.” While incumbent Rawly Gorman had a decisive win with 256 votes…

By Christy Porter, Managing Editor Area churches and individuals participated in the 2021 Carry the Cross, a global movement of believers who are not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and who wish to physically and peacefully witness for him. The event took place on Good Friday, April 2, from 7 to 11 a.m.…

In addition to the current media postings, in this week’s print edition of The Licking News: Rick Mansfield shares the beauty, sentiment, political, international and journalistic aspects of “Cherry Trees.” Larry Dablemont talks fishing line, lures, baits and “Night Crawlers.” Licking Residential Care honors the February Employee of the Month, TCMH Licking Clinic’s Dr. Crase…

  By Christy Porter, Managing Editor We continue our recognition of local volunteers in honor of National Volunteer Month. Director Cindy Wampner of the Licking Senior Center has been recognizing her volunteers for the past four weeks in the Senior Center Happenings column. She nominated Lillian Maxey for us to visit with. “Lillian is our…

TCMH HOUSTON, Mo. – Texas County Memorial Hospital is holding a mass COVID-19 vaccination drive thru clinic on Thursday, April 15 at the Drury University Parking Lot (old Lee Building), 204 West Spruce Street, Houston, Mo. from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. The hospital will have 1,000 first dose vaccines available in the drive thru…

By Justin Coffey The battle of Vicksburg occupies about as much room in the history books as Gettysburg, and for good reason. Dubbed by Jefferson Davis as “the nailhead that holds the South’s two halves together,” Vicksburg, Miss., was crucial to the war effort of the South. So much so that the Confederates fortified the…

In 2008, Congress passed Public Law Section 110-181 SEC.598 authorizing the Department of Defense to establish The United States of America Vietnam War 50th Commemoration, to assist a grateful nation in thanking and honoring our Vietnam veterans and their families. On Memorial Day 2012, at a ceremony held at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington…