People & Living

By Cindy Walker Burton Sunday, September 13 was significant in many ways: it was National Grandparents Day, National Peanut Day; Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner on September  Continue Reading »

The Atchison County Library has recently added the following titles to its collection: FICTION– Paper Ghosts by Sarah Addison Allen, The Wild Beneath by Kelly Anderson, Cross My Heart, I  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Tourism Board will be holding a Christmas Light Contest this year. There will be two categories: residential and business. Each category will have a winner for $500  Continue Reading »

Registration for the Adopt-A-Family and Adopt-An-Elder programs, sponsored by the Rock Port Ministerial Alliance, will begin October 1 and ends November 20. The program helps people who are struggling financially  Continue Reading »

Two Atchison County residents have received academic recognition from Southern New Hampshire (SNHU). Hayley Palmer, Rock Port, has been named to SNHU’s Summer 2026 President’s List. Full-time undergraduate students who  Continue Reading »

Cathie Peregrine of Elmo, Missouri, will be turning 80 on Monday, September 28, 2026. Her family is holding a birthday celebration in her honor on Sunday, September 27, at the  Continue Reading »

The summer growing season has been a successful one for many local growers of fruits and vegetables. Sandy and Ron Riniker of rural Rock Port, Missouri, grew this colossal watermelon  Continue Reading »

Liz Hunt and Bev Jones, representing the Rural Solar Initiative Foundation, were the guest speakers at the Tarkio Rotary Club on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. Farmers and the Foundation will  Continue Reading »

The Brownville Concert Series will welcome The Toasted Ponies in October. The show will be in cabaret on Friday and Saturday, October 9 and 10, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday,  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry is low on the following items: Saltine crackers, mixed vegetables, instant mashed potatoes, pancake mix, syrup, cooking oil, chili beans, cereal (Raisin Bran,  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry Board met September 8, 2026, with 17 members present. Churches represented at the meeting were: Fairfax Baptist, Christian, Methodist, and Presbyterian; Tarkio Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Church  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor Richard Boettner, Rock Port Baptist Church I am enjoying the fall season in Atchison County. I am also aware of troubles in the world, and personal struggles  Continue Reading »