People & Living

Submitted by Atchison County Health Department Juvenile arthritis, also known as childhood arthritis, occurs when a child’s immune system becomes overactive, triggering inflammation in the joints and other parts of  Continue Reading »

July 14, 1950 • Showing at the Fair Theatre in Fairfax: “The Dude Goes West” with Eddie Albert and Gale Storm and “Ambush” with Robert Taylor, John Hodiak, and Arlene  Continue Reading »

July 14, 1950 • A new K-7 International fire truck and Howe fire fighting equipment were purchased Monday night at a meeting of the city council. To help meet the  Continue Reading »

July 14, 1950 • Showing at the Paramount Theatre in Rock Port: “Holiday Inn” with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire and “Angels With Dirty Faces.” • A fire alarm was  Continue Reading »

Make plans to attend the Wingnuts Flying Circus Air Show at the Gould Peterson Municipal Airport in Tarkio Saturday, July 12, 2025. Admission is $10 for ages six and up.  Continue Reading »

Bingo at the Rock Port Senior Center, 505 Country Club Drive, is scheduled the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Games start at 10:00 a.m. so you will have  Continue Reading »

The next Second Harvest mobile food pantry in Atchison County will be Monday, July 14, at Rock Port High School, 600 S. Nebraska Street in Rock Port, beginning at 10:00  Continue Reading »

Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc., contracted by the Missouri Department of Transportation, shifted traffic Friday, June 27, at the Mill Creek bridges south of Atchison County Route Z near Corning  Continue Reading »

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds deer hunters to apply online from July 1-31 for a shot at 145 managed deer hunts throughout the state. There are hunts for  Continue Reading »

by Cindy Walker Burton I was out on my daily walk recently on a sunny, very windy afternoon. I saw something small and pink in the distance blowing around erratically,  Continue Reading »

Donovan Jones, formerly of Tarkio, Missouri, performed a summer concert “Celebrate America” Sunday, June 29, 2025, at Francis Street United Methodist Church in St. Joseph, Missouri. Joining him in entertaining  Continue Reading »

Rhonda (Baker) and Johnny Coleman of St. Louis, Missouri, are pleased to announce the birth of their baby boy, John Cecil Coleman. John was born June 9, 2025, at Mercy  Continue Reading »