State Rep. Bennie Cook’s legislation, HB 624, which removes the expiration date from the “Saving Girls Sports” bill, has received initial approval in the Emerging Issues Committee and is now set ...

Governmental offices and some businesses will be closed Monday (Feb. 17) for Presidents Day. There will be no mail delivery. There is no school at some districts, including Houston.

Hoop Queen activities are this evening at Tiger Fieldhouse. Festivities follow two quarters of a JV game against Liberty that begins at 6 p.m.

A man was arrested Wednesday after he failed to report a new address as a convicted sexual offender, authorities said.

Two Texas County residents received degrees in December at the University of Missouri-Columbia. About 1,872 were awarded. Kaitlyn Shayne Cook of Licking received a master’s degree in learning, ...

Acknowledged the retirement of Melissa Emerick as full-time deputy sheriff effective Feb. 1. Reviewed and acknowledged the hiring of Jacob Gilmour as full-time jailer effective Feb. 5. Presiding ...

Matherly who left us peacefully on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, surrounded by loved ones and her two Doodle dogs (Sawyer and Saylor).

A 36-year-old Licking man faces a trio of charges, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. Joshua L. Kuhn is charged with DWI – misdemeanor, careless and imprudent driving and failure to register, the ...

An organization that promotes good dental health recently traveled to two Texas County school districts. Delta Dental of Missouri’s “Land of Smiles” recently traveled to Raymondville School and Plato ...

Plans for the Emmett Kelly 5K Walk/Run are underway for April 26 in downtown Houston. Check-in time is 8 a.m. The race starts at 9 a.m. from the Lone Star Plaza at First and Pine and also ends there.

A woman from Licking was seriously injured Thursday morning when her car crossed the snowy centerline and was struck by a Peterbilt in Maries County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

A man from Licking was injured Wednesday afternoon in a crash on Kinderpost Road at about six miles northwest of his hometown, the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Tpr. Jason Sentman said a northbound ...