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The Rock Port R-II School Board of Education held organizational and regular meetings April 13, 2022. Superintendent Ethan Sickels called the organizational meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the  Continue Reading »

The City of Tarkio’s curbwork project for this year was recently completed on the 400th block of Main Street in Tarkio. Done by MO Concrete, the curb was fixed and  Continue Reading »

Vicki Pearson (above) and other shoppers found many great deals at the Tarkio American Legion Auxiliary Spring Rummage Sale Friday and Saturday, April 22 and 23, 2022. The sale was  Continue Reading »

Children can get ready for May Day at the Fairfax branch of the Atchison County Library (118 East Main Street, Fairfax). “Spring Into May!” will be held Thursday, April 28,  Continue Reading »

Tarkio Tech is holding a dedication ceremony on Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 12:00 noon at the nacelle site. Tarkio Tech received the large donation for the Wind Energy Program  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio High School Scholar Bowl Team defeated Osborn, Missouri, Wednesday evening, April 20, 2022, in Sectional play. Tarkio beat Osborn in two games to one and advances to the  Continue Reading »

A memorial bench honoring longtime members of Community Hospital-Fairfax Auxiliary is now in place at the hospital. Dolores Hawkins, Patricia Fisher, Eunice Rader  and Janice Walker, who put in many  Continue Reading »

The last two weekends there have been locks cut off of storage units in Tarkio, Rock Port and Fairfax. Last weekend, they broke into three units just north of Hy-Vee  Continue Reading »

A truck struck a gas meter on an empty lot near 408 Park Street in Tarkio Tuesday, April 19, which led to road blocks and residential evacuations until the scene  Continue Reading »

The East Atchison High School Girls’ Track Team includes, from left to right: front row – Grace Oswald, Jozee Eaton, Jayla Irvine, Sophia Martin, Alexis Bywater, and Dalaynie Drummond; and  Continue Reading »

Winners at the Fairfax Easter Egg Hunt were, from left to right – Joel Vance, Henry Smith, Trysta Page, and Harper Smith (with her mom, Amber Smith). (Submitted by Tracy  Continue Reading »

Jesse Lee Henry, above and at top center, was arrested April 9, 2022, by Rock Port Police Chief Shannon Sherwood, left, and Trooper S.S. Base, right. The Atchison County Sheriff’s  Continue Reading »