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Photos by Christy Porter By Christy Porter, Managing Editor Licking High School alumni from graduating classes 1945 through 2024 gathered with family and friends on Saturday, May 11, at the Intercounty Electric Auditorium. Photos by Christy Porter Denise Mitchell, Rhonda Mitchell and Alison Eckert greeted and registered attendees at the door and supplied name tags.…

Outlaw/5J Rodeo Company, owned and operated by the McCollum family, will return to Licking on Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1, for the annual Licking Chamber of Commerce Rodeo. This will be their second consecutive year for stocking and producing the rodeo. In 1992, after being raised in a rodeo family Lance McCollum decided…

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By Shari Harris, Publisher Licking Mayor Keith Cantrell invited the public to the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast, held Thursday morning at the Fox Fire Station. Several people attended the event and joined in prayers for guidance and blessings throughout the community. City employees Donnie Trout, Barbara Rodgers and Gary Hassell, and Marilyn Cantrell, wife of Mayor…

By Christy Porter, Managing Editor The Merry Table restaurant celebrated their Grand Opening last Thursday, with an appealing array of offerings on the menu for family dining at reasonable prices. The Merry Table is located at 205 Hickory Street, with the entry on Park St. The building was the old Masonic Lodge, which is across…

By Shari Harris, Publisher Montauk State Park held their Kids’ Free Fishing Day on Saturday, May 4. The spring branch from the CCC Spillway to the Social Hole was reserved for youth age 15 and under, and several booths were set up to display different aspects of the great outdoors to those attending. At the…

In addition to the current media postings, in this week’s print edition of The Licking News: Contact The Licking News to reserve your special senior’s ad in this year’s Graduation Edition. The Montauk Rural Fire Department will be holding a Breakfast for Dinner and Raffle on Saturday, May 4. All LHS Alumni are invited to…

By Christy Porter, Managing Editor I come from a family history of female breast cancer, diagnoses for those close to me, coming at an early age to an advanced age. I have seen the difference between an early diagnosis and a later, between treatments and the advancement of treatments, and the prognosis and outcome. I…