Area News

The Licking News is a great way to keep in touch with the Licking community. Great weekly columns, area-wide menus, sports schedules, city, county and state updates, obituaries, local area coming events, classifieds, and don’t forget comics and puzzles are all included in the print edition this week. In addition to the current postings on…

By Shari Harris, Publisher The Licking Fire Department responded to a house fire on Maple Street Saturday afternoon. Just after 3 p.m., the fire department was dispatched to the scene on the north side of Maple Street, in the second block east of Highway 63. A single story home owned by Friend Rentals and inhabited…

The Karla’s Kickin’ Cancer’s Caboose Fish Fry Benefit is planned for 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, at Licking Pentecostal Holiness Church. The menu will be catfish, hushpuppies, fried taters, coleslaw, beans, hotdogs and more. A gun raffle, and a live and silent auction will also be held. Karla Reno is undergoing treatment for Stage…

The Licking News is a great way to keep in touch with the Licking community. Great weekly columns, area-wide menus, sports schedules, city, county and state updates, obituaries, local area coming events, classifieds, and don’t forget comics and puzzles are all included in the print edition this week. In addition to the current postings on…

By Shari Harris, Publisher SHERRILL TOWNSHIP, Mo. – The Pothole Patrol hit Shafer Road last week to save an orphan road abandoned by government neglect. EZ STREET® Asphalt kicked off their current marketing campaign in Texas County, when their ambient asphalt was used to fill potholes on the stretch of old Highway 63 commonly known…

By Shari Harris, Publisher Licking Downtown Inc. held their annual Fish Fry fundraiser Saturday evening at the Licking VFW Hall. Fried fish by Paul Wade and friends with all the fixin’s was served beginning before 4 p.m., and Herman Hall began singing shortly thereafter, entertaining diners and workers with his live show “The 50s at…

  The Licking News is a great way to keep in touch with the Licking community. Great weekly columns, area-wide menus, sports schedules, city, county and state updates, obituaries, local area coming events, classifieds, and don’t forget comics and puzzles are all included in the print edition this week. In addition to the current postings…

By Shari Harris, Publisher The Piney River Covey Chapter of Quail Forever hosted their 2025 banquet Saturday evening at the Intercounty Electric Auditorium in Licking. Their “No Child Left Indoors – Path to the Uplands” banquet was very well attended. The banquet had 38 sponsors this year, up from 30 in the past. The local…

By Shari Harris, Publisher After a winter of hard work and worry, the crews from the Hatchery and Montauk State Park saw their visitors return for Opening Day of catch and keep trout season. Robert Christensen, of O’Fallon, and his wife joined Hatchery Manager Kyle Case on the bridge to fire the opening shot as…