People & Living

Submitted by Pastor Brad Dush, Fairfax Methodist Church And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, ~ Ephesians 6:16, ESV As we  Continue Reading »

Classes for the 2025-26 school year will begin this week at all three Atchison County Schools. School will resume Wednesday, August 20, with a full day of classes (8:00 a.m.-3:10  Continue Reading »

August 25, 1950 • Showing at the Fair Theatre in Fairfax: “The Big Sombrero” with Gene Autry, “Oh You Beautiful Doll” with June Haver and Mark Stevens, and “Task Force”  Continue Reading »

August 25, 1950 • Showing at The Tarkio Theatre: “Sing Neighbor Sing,” “Bandit King of Texas,” “Kentucky Moonshine,” and “Young Man With A Horn.” • Miss Dorothy Lu Rankin, who  Continue Reading »

August 25, 1950 • The board of directors of the Atchison County Farm Bureau in Rock Port voted last week to take over the offices recently vacated by the Production  Continue Reading »

Author Joe Starita will present “I Am A Man: Chief Standing Bear’s Journey for Justice” Saturday, August 16, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at the Schoolhouse Art Gallery, 427 Main Street,  Continue Reading »

The “70’s & 80’s Reunion ~ End of Summer Bash” will be held on Saturday, August 23, 2025, at the Atchison County Memorial Building in Rock Port. A social gathering  Continue Reading »

The 2025 T.M. Wharton Blue Jay Classic will be held Sunday, August 31, at the Rock Port Golf & Country Club. The Blue Jay Classic Golf tournament began in 2010.  Continue Reading »

The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in Atchison County for the week of August 11-17. There may  Continue Reading »

The annual Graves-Chapple Field Day will be held August 26, 2025, at the University of Missouri Graves-Chapple Extension and Education Center near Corning, Missouri. The event will look at the  Continue Reading »

Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: apple juice (64 oz.), tomato juice (64 oz. can), soups (cream of mushroom, chicken noodle, tomato,  Continue Reading »

Tarkio Rotary Club welcomed Chad Higdon, left, who has been the assistant Rotary district governor for six years, to the meeting on August 5, 2025. He introduced the new assistant  Continue Reading »