People & Living

It’s reunion time again for the now-closed Southeast Nebraska Consolidated School. Organizers have announced that another all-school reunion will be held in September to recognize all graduates. The event will  Continue Reading »

Atchison County youth will be showing livestock and locals will be displaying their homemade wares, art, and garden stock at the Atchison County Fair this week in Rock Port. The  Continue Reading »

July 23, 1948 • “Saigon,” starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, is showing at the Fair Theatre in Fairfax July 25-26. Admission is 10¢ and 39¢. • The second annual  Continue Reading »

July 23, 1948 • Lightning struck and killed Athel C. Ward, 28, as he was helping put up hay Wednesday afternoon on the J. B. Christensen farm three and one-half  Continue Reading »

July 23, 1948 • The James Mercantile Co., successors to Klump Bros, has added a fine piece of equipment to their store. It is a refrigerated meat case of the  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Jim Crawford, Field Specialist in Agricultural Engineering, MU Extension, Atchison County With the extended dry conditions we are experiencing, I am receiving inquiries regarding septic lagoons for single  Continue Reading »

Missouri University of Science and Technology has announced the names of students who made the honor list for the Spring 2023 semester. To be included on the honor list, students  Continue Reading »

Charlie Smith, a Fairfax, Missouri, FFA member, showed the Grand Champion Breeding Beef at the Junior Livestock Show at the Gentry County Fair in Albany, Missouri. (Ginny Smith photo)

Bill Peck and Scott Tucker with the horse-drawn hearse. Through the years the funeral service had several helpers and sometimes called on the family or neighbors of the deceased to  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax, Missouri, Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: fruits (mixed fruit, peaches, pears, pineapple, mandarin oranges – small), grape juice (64 oz.), cereal, brownie mix, beef  Continue Reading »

The Atchison County Library has recently added the following titles to its collection: FICTION– The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende, The First Ladies by Marie Benedict, The 9th  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor Bill Hargis, Rock Port and Watson United Methodist Churches Minutes before my first message (I was standing in the pulpit), in my first appointed church, a man  Continue Reading »