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In December of 2021, Restore Rock Port became the owners of the former grocery store building located at the corner of Opp and Main streets. To date, the organization has  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax Kiwanis and Optimist Clubs have set Tuesday, April 5, 2022, for their annual Election Day Pancake Feed. The pancake feed will be held at the Fairfax Fire Station  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio High School National Honor Society, along with the Community Blood Center, is holding a blood drive Thursday, March 31, 2022, from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. on the upper  Continue Reading »

Helping Hands for Jesus will hold its spring rummage sale Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, March 30 and 31, and April 1, at the Rock Port United Methodist Church, 211 W.  Continue Reading »

Citizens Bank & Trust celebrated its 120th year of business on Monday, March 28, with an open house serving drinks and refreshments. We hope everyone was able to stop by.  Continue Reading »

The Atchison County Health Department was notified of three new COVID-19 cases during the week of March 14-20, 2022. They include: 1 female – age 30-39 1 female, 1 male  Continue Reading »

Candis Stanton, Atchison County 9-1-1 dispatcher, was named the 2022 Telecommunicator of the Year. The Missouri Public Safety Communications Conference was held March 13-16, 2022, in Branson, Missouri. Each year,  Continue Reading »

Emcee Casey Martin brought his mom back on stage for old time’s sake to read one more joke. Debbie Martin emceed the Community Hospital Celebrity Waiter Dinner for several years.  Continue Reading »

This leucistic opossum was recently spotted outside of Tarkio. Leucism is “an abnormal condition of reduced pigmentation affecting various animals that causes an overall pale color or patches of reduced  Continue Reading »

The City of Fairfax Board of Aldermen held a regular meeting March 16, 2022. The meeting was called to order by Ryan Kingery, mayor, at 6:32 p.m. Roll was taken.  Continue Reading »

Atchison County Route E will close for a culvert replacement later this week. Contractor crews, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will close Route E between Fortune Avenue and  Continue Reading »

Ethan Sickels, Rock Port R-II Superintendent, left, presented Dan Lucas, right, with a plaque in appreciation for his six years of service to the Rock Port R-II Board of Education.  Continue Reading »