People & Living

OATS Transit offers regular transportation services to rural residents of any age. Call 816-279-3131 or 800-831-9219 to schedule a ride or find out about services in your area. You can  Continue Reading »

The Atchison County Library has recently added the following titles to its collection: FICTION– Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey, The Housewife by Natalie Barelli, A Pair Of Aces by  Continue Reading »

Buy a ticket for a chance to win a Savage Arms Axis 2 XP 243 Win. rifle with Bushnell scope and a case from the Ralph Greer American Legion Post  Continue Reading »

Bryli and Fritz Lager of Ravenwood, Missouri, are pleased to announce the birth of their baby girl, Poppy Lorine Lager. Poppy was born at 8:26 a.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2026,  Continue Reading »

Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: fruits (15-20 oz. – mixed fruit, peaches, pears, pineapple, mandarin oranges), tomato juice (46 oz. can),  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor Richard Boettner, Rock Port Baptist Church I have enjoyed writing articles for this column “On the Spiritual Side” for about 10 years or so. I have also  Continue Reading »

July 27, 1951 • Tulsa cowboy Leon Frakes suffered two broken ribs during the bull riding contest at the rodeo Friday night. Frakes was atop a wild one when he  Continue Reading »

July 27, 1951 • The local firemen made up for lost time Tuesday evening by holding an initiation of public officials. Chief Loomis and his fellow firemen took the fire  Continue Reading »

July 27, 1951 • Showing at the Tarkio Theatre: “Branded” with Alan Ladd, and Maureen O’Hara and Macdonald Carey in “Comanche Territory.” • Exercising her belief that there are areas  Continue Reading »

Great job to all who participated in and volunteered their time to organize and make such big successes of the Atchison County Fair and Liberty Theatre’s production of Disney’s Newsies  Continue Reading »

Dr. Emily Graves is a 2015 graduate of Tarkio High School. Dr. Emily Graves with Quality Hearing and Audiology Center in St. Joseph, Missouri, urges hunters to use hearing protection  Continue Reading »

The 88th annual membership meeting of the Atchison-Holt Electric Cooperative will be held Thursday, July 23, 2026, at the Rock Port High School Gymnasium. Registration will be from 5:00 to  Continue Reading »