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In coordination with Tar-kio City-Wide Clean-Up, the Tarkio Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring city-wide garage sales that same weekend, May 1 and 2. Visit the Tarkio Chamber Facebook page to  Continue Reading »

During the months of February and March of 2026, the Atchison County Sheriff’s Office received 261 calls for service. Fifty-four of those calls resulted in a report. Five arrests were  Continue Reading »

The Allen-Schiffern American Legion Auxiliary Spring Rummage Sale will be Friday, April 10, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 11, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at  Continue Reading »

Hurst Greenery, located at 30208 150th Street in rural Westboro, Missouri, will host its open house Saturday, April 11, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Come check out the geranium  Continue Reading »

The Ralph Greer American Legion Post #49 will host its pancake feed Sunday, April 12. Stop by the Atchison County Memorial Building on Main Street in Rock Port from 11:00  Continue Reading »

The next Second Harvest mobile food pantry in Atchison County will be Monday, April 13, 2026, at Rock Port High School, 600 S. Nebraska Street in Rock Port, beginning at  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio Parks & Recreation board didn’t let the rain and cold stop them from providing an After Dark Easter Egg Hunt for over 200 children Friday night, April 3,  Continue Reading »

District trap shoot scores have been finalized and seven Rock Port High School Trap Shoot Team members qualified for state. Pictured, from left to right, are Jadyn Geib, Corbin Wallace,  Continue Reading »

Despite the back and forth weather of late winter and early spring, a few hearty flowers have made an appearance in Atchison County. These beauties are growing in the front  Continue Reading »

An early morning crash in the country in Atchison County killed an Omaha, Nebraska, man and seriously injured another on Saturday, April 4, 2026. The wreck occurred at 3:13 a.m.  Continue Reading »

Community Hospital-Fairfax has announced a partnership with Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville and Lorraine Dodson, M.D., FAGOG, to provide a gynecology specialty clinic and gynecological surgery services. Dr. Dodson has  Continue Reading »

An early spring storm produced a tornado warning and hailstones measuring golf ball size or larger in Atchison County, Missouri, Friday, April 3, 2026. These giants were found in Fairfax.  Continue Reading »