People & Living

Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: grape juice (64 oz.), cereal, sugar (5 lbs.), vegetables (15 oz. – canned potatoes, cut green  Continue Reading »

By Cindy Walker Burton You are being held prisoner. Your prison cell is not 7×9 feet. It’s about 6×3 inches. It’s in your hand. You are looking at it. You  Continue Reading »

August 31, 1951 • Rock Port schools will start a new term next Monday, September 3, with three new teachers. Miss Barbara Sears will teach commerce, Norman Clouse will be  Continue Reading »

August 31, 1951 • Showing at the Tarkio Theatre: “The Gal Who Took The West” starring Yvonne DeCarlo, Charles Coburn, Scott Brady, and John Russell, “Lady Without Passport” with Hedy  Continue Reading »

August 31, 1951 • Showing at the Fair Theatre in Fairfax: “The Lemon Drop Kid” with Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, and Jane Darwell and “The Desert Hawk” starring Yvonne DeCarlo  Continue Reading »

The Northwest Missouri Enterprise Facilitation (NWMEF) Board of Directors has announced Aaron Baker as the organization’s new facilitator. In this role, Baker will work directly with entrepreneurs and small business  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax R-3 School will have a Back-To-School Open House and Carnival Tuesday, August 25, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. The evening will begin with a brief welcome and back-to-school  Continue Reading »

Terry Lane will present a program, “Meet Buffalo Bill,” on September 3, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at Morton-James Public Library Kimmel Gallery, 923 1st Corso in Nebraska City, Nebraska. Humanities  Continue Reading »

by Cindy Walker Burton If you don’t see them, you can certainly hear them. Cicada season is in full swing here in Northwest Missouri. According to the Missouri Department of  Continue Reading »

Nebraska author Robyn Williams will present her new book, “Beauty for Ashes: The Take Back” on September 5, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. at Morton-James Public Library Kimmel Gallery, 923 1st  Continue Reading »

by Dr. Graham A. Colditz Siteman Cancer Center It can be a little hard to believe it’s back-to-school season already. And while there are still some long, relaxed days of  Continue Reading »

The Atchison County Library has recently added the following titles to its collection: FICTION– Tenderness by Rowan Beaird, The Amateur by Chris Bohjalian, A Dark Path by Linda Castillo, What  Continue Reading »