People & Living

March 18, 1949 • Mrs. Margaret Beck, 89, long-time resident of Fairfax and one of the city’s oldest residents, passed away last week. Margaret’s father was a colonel in the  Continue Reading »

March 18, 1949 •  Tarkio Elementary first graders visited the local railroad depot station where they saw a freight train come in. An outcome of the visit was the construction  Continue Reading »

March 18, 1949 • Miss Constance Welling, B.S., Frigidaire District Home Economist, will demonstrate the time-saving, easy operating and most modern methods in preparing meals at the Memorial Building Thursday,  Continue Reading »

Community Healthcare Foun-dation and Community Hospital-Fairfax invite all to join them for “A Roaring Good Time Gala and Show” Saturday and Sunday, March 16 and 17. Celebrate healthcare with Community  Continue Reading »

A Second Harvest Community Food Bank fresh mobile food pantry was held at Community Services, Inc. in Tarkio on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. The Fairfax High School National Honor Society  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 March 4-10. Inclement weather  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Park Board met Monday, February 12, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. at the Rock Port City Hall. Members present were Jennifer Geib, Sheena Roup, Andrea Cook, Amber Graham,  Continue Reading »

Candidate filing for the August primary opened February 27 and closes March 26 at 5:00 p.m.    Filing for the following offices will take place in the office of John  Continue Reading »

A planning committee comprised of representatives from Atchison County, the incorporated cities, and the public school districts is currently developing an update to the comprehensive Atchison County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation  Continue Reading »

March marks a turning point for many people each year. Perhaps because winter winds down and officially ends in mid-March, the month is easy to characterize as a turning point  Continue Reading »

These pictures, shared by a reader, were taken April 21, 1937. The picture at top was labeled Main Street, Rock Port, and the picture above was labeled 275 Highway.

Paddlefish are named for their large, paddle-shaped snouts. Paddlefish swim slowly through water with their mouths wide open, collecting tiny crustaceans and insects in their elaborate, closely set gill rakers.  Continue Reading »