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The Class 2 District 16 Basketball Tournament begins this Saturday, February 20. Both boys’ teams are on the road Saturday as the East Atchison Wolves play the Princeton Tigers at  Continue Reading »

Rock Port FFA will hold its annual community breakfast Tuesday, February 23, 2021, in the ag shop at the Rock Port R-II School. Breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, and  Continue Reading »

Fairfax Volunteer Fire Dept. Fish & Chicken Fry The Fairfax Volunteer Fire Department will hold a drive-through fish and chicken fry Saturday, February 20, 2021. Carp, catfish, chicken, fries, and  Continue Reading »

Fairfax Winter Homecoming King and Queen The Fairfax High School 2021 Winter Homecoming King is Josh Smith and Queen is Nghi Dinh. They were crowned following the East Atchison basketball  Continue Reading »

Although COVID-19 continues to have a presence in Atchison County, cases on a monthly basis are starting to dwindle. There were only two new cases in the county from February  Continue Reading »

Rainy Nordhausen, right, a Tarkio seventh grader, won the Atchison County Spelling Bee Wednesday, February 3, 2021, in Tarkio. Kenneth Kirkpatrick, left, a Fairfax sixth grader, placed second. Both will  Continue Reading »

Fairfax Kiwanis Club Corn Yield Contest winners were recently recognized. Winners, from left to right, include: front row – Jasey Smith, 2nd; Gena Mitchell, 6th; Kierra McDaniels, 3rd; and Aleesha  Continue Reading »

It’s February – American Heart Month – a time when the nation spotlights heart disease, the No. 1 killer of Americans. President Lyndon B. Johnson, among the millions of people  Continue Reading »

Snow and ice covered roadways are wreaking havoc on drivers in Atchison County this winter. A one-vehicle accident occurred at 8:43 a.m. February 4, 2021, as a 2007 Lincoln Town  Continue Reading »

Tarkio Tech will be featured on KCTV5’s news at 9:00 a.m. February 15.  The interview with Tarkio Tech President Johnnie Davis provides an update on the developments at Tarkio Tech  Continue Reading »

Dara Whipple and her son, Bryar Wennihan, fly down the snow-covered hill east of the pool in Tarkio Tuesday, January 26, 2021. Sledders, including Brody Wennihan, below, enjoyed two days  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax Homecoming candidates include, from left to right: front row – queen candidates Olivia Morris and Nghi Dinh; and back row – king candidates Braden Graves, Cameron Oswald, and  Continue Reading »