People & Living

Joint Lenten services between the Fairfax Methodist Church, Good News Church in Tarkio, and Westboro Methodist Church will conclude Sunday, March 10, at Tarkio with Pastor Brad preaching. The message  Continue Reading »

ROCK PORT New Horizons is sponsoring the Rock Port Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 23, 2024. Pictures with the Easter Bunny will be taken from 9:30 to 9:55 a.m. and  Continue Reading »

Atchison County Development Corporation’s (ACDC) annual community lunches are here! This year’s complimentary lunches will provide you with information on ACDC’s purpose and efforts prior to your vote on April  Continue Reading »

Daylight Saving Time starts at 2:00 a.m. Sunday, March 10. Be sure to “spring forward” one hour. WCF SOF With the change in weather comes the wind. Wind tends to  Continue Reading »

March 11, 1949 • Ralph Kemerling had quite an exciting coyote hunt Thursday of last week with his three dogs near the Harry Portis place. The dogs chased a coyote  Continue Reading »

March 11, 1949 •  A new Farmall-M tractor stolen from the Moore and Glenn Implement lot on Highway 59 in Tarkio has not been recovered. • Mr. and Mrs. Benny  Continue Reading »

March 11, 1949 • Atchison County volunteers gave 55 pints of blood at the mobile donor unit at the Memorial Building in Rock Port last week. The blood will be  Continue Reading »

The Atchison-Holt Unit of the Missouri Retired Teachers Association and School Personnel (MRTA) will meet Thursday, March 7, at 5:00 p.m. at Toad Hollar in Mound City, Missouri. RSVP to  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 »

The annual Atchison County Mark Twain Battle of the Books competition is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, 2024, at the Tarkio Resource Center (11th and Walnut streets). Registration  Continue Reading »

The University of Missouri-Columbia celebrated the accomplishments of 1,806 students who received a total of 2,515 degrees and certificates in December 2023. Morgan Parshall, Fairfax, graduated with a Bachelor of  Continue Reading »

Jersi Poppa and Alexis Bywater are doing a community service project for FBLA. The girls are asking for any donations for the Atchison County Heath Center in Tarkio. Donations will  Continue Reading »