People & Living

Christmas is a joyful, peaceful time of year, but for some, Christmas can be a painful time. It may be the anguish of facing the first Christmas without a loved  Continue Reading »

Five generations of the Henning family recently gathered. Virgil Henning, Tarkio, Missouri, is pictured above holding his great-great-grandson, Waylon Driskell. Standing, from left to right, are Tara Driskell, Tarkio; Jim  Continue Reading »

Rita Wallinga, community outreach coordinator for Young At Heart, was the guest speaker at the Tarkio Rotary Club on December 5, 2023. Young At Heart provides many services in northwest  Continue Reading »

Rock Port Food Pantry The Rock Port Food Pantry is low on the following items: peanut butter, jelly, spaghetti sauce, cooking oil, cereal, oatmeal, apricots, beets, Chicken Helper, boxed potatoes,  Continue Reading »

Sexual assault and any form of domestic violence, whether it is emotional, physical or financial, does not know a day or time or whether it is during the daylight or  Continue Reading »

Dean Harvey Bennett Leslie and Austin Bennett of Tarkio are pleased to announce the birth of their baby boy, Dean Harvey Bennett. Dean was born at 7 a.m. December 4,  Continue Reading »

Community Hospital-Fairfax Auxiliary has a beautiful Christmas tree displayed in the front lobby of Community Hospital-Fairfax just waiting for your help in completing its decorations. You can help decorate it  Continue Reading »

On Friday, December 8, 2023, City of Tarkio employees, with the help of M&L Tree Service, removed three trees along Main Street that were causing the sidewalks to crack and  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 December 11-17. Inclement weather  Continue Reading »

Fairfax Xi Lambda Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi is once again sponsoring a holiday lighting contest for Fairfax. Homes will be judged the week of December 11 by out-of-town  Continue Reading »

The next fresh mobile food pantry offered by Second Harvest of St. Joseph will be held Tuesday, December 19, in Mound City, Missouri. The food drop will take place in  Continue Reading »

The American Legion 4th District meeting will be held December 10, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. The meeting will be at Rolla Dicks Post #315 in Burlington Junction, Missouri. The meeting  Continue Reading »