People & Living

November 26, 1948 • On Wednesday of last week, a group of good neighbors gathered at the Raymond Horton home in Benton township, south of Langdon, to assist in picking  Continue Reading »

November 26, 1948 • Showing at The Tarkio theatre: “Oklahoma Blues,” “Mary Lou,” “East Side of Heaven,” “The Big City,” “Wall Flower,” and “The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap.” •  Continue Reading »

November 26, 1948 • Ray C. Whitford, who since 1903 has been connected with the Exchange Bank of Fairfax and is now president, announced the sale of a controlling interest  Continue Reading »

By KMA’s Derek Martin Last month, KMA recognized seven individuals and four teams as members of the 2023 KMA Sports Hall of Fame class. The class was officially inducted at  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 November 13-19. Inclement weather  Continue Reading »

Boy Scout Bo Peregrine of Tarkio chose renovating the North Polk Schoolhouse in Tarkio as his Eagle Scout project. The project was recently completed. (Jennifer Peregrine photo) Tarkio Boy Scout  Continue Reading »

The Atchison County Development Corporation (ACDC) board met November 8, 2023. Board members present were: Lori Seymour, Mary Ann Hull, Eryn Stepp, Bob Alldredge, Roger Martin, W.C. Farmer, and Jeff  Continue Reading »

The Great Plains Growers Conference will be January 12-13, 2024, on the Missouri Western State University campus in St. Joseph. The event includes optional pre-conference workshops on January 11. “This  Continue Reading »

Herron bags 8 point buck Ryder Herron got a nice eight point buck during the opening weekend of firearms deer season.   Young hunter gets first buck Jay Erdman helped  Continue Reading »

Atchison County establishments that sell food and drinks receive health inspections, once, twice, or three times a year depending on the type of foods sold and risk to the public.  Continue Reading »

The Westboro Lions Club hosted a Hunter’s Breakfast and Meat-A-Plenty Lunch Saturday, November 11, 2023, in the community room of the new fire station in Westboro, Missouri. Proceeds from the  Continue Reading »

Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry board met Monday, November 6, with 14 members present. Churches represented were: Tarkio – First Christian, Church of God, Good News Church, and  Continue Reading »