People & Living

Baccalaureate for Tarkio High School seniors will be held Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at St. John’s Lutheran Church west of Westboro, Missouri. Dinner for seniors, their parents and grandparents, class  Continue Reading »

Members of the Heartland Riders Chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association (CMA) will be participating in the annual Run for the Son motorcycle ride on Saturday, May 6, 2023. Run  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Tourism Board met April, 13, 2023. Present were: Charlie Clodfelter, Raechel Schoonover, Mike Farmer, Holly Sutter, and Madison Dick (via phone). The meeting was called to order  Continue Reading »

Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax, Missouri, Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: vegetables (15 oz., canned potatoes, cut green beans, French style green beans, mixed vegetables, whole  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor Kailea Nauman, First Christian Church, Rock Port As we end the Easter season, we often see church attendance dwindle back down to our regular size. As pastors  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Chamber’s annual fireworks show will be on Monday, July 3, this year. Expenses associated with this annual event have gone up, and the Chamber is asking for  Continue Reading »

Kinleigh Daugherty brings the next barrow in to be weighed and tagged with the help of Rachel Jenkins and Seth Gaines. The Atchison County Fair Board’s market hog, lamb, and  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio High School FFA Chapter is hosting a Plant and Flower Sale this Saturday, May 6, at the Tarkio Ag Department Greenhouse at the corner of 13th and Chestnut  Continue Reading »

May 7, 1948 • Coach Hinderliter’s trackmen again came through to top the district track and field meet at Maryville May 1 against 13 other class C high schools in  Continue Reading »

May 7, 1948 • Work has begun on the campus of Tarkio College to remodel, renovate, and build a two-story addition on the east of Marshall Hall, the girls’ dormitory.  Continue Reading »

May 7, 1948 • Rev. Kenneth Israel, pastor of the Fairfax Baptist Church, will be a member of the high school faculty next year. He is teaching the present term  Continue Reading »

Sometimes, gardeners take the “if some is good, more must be better” approach, says University of Missouri Extension horticulturist Justin Keay. But it’s possible to shower your garden with too  Continue Reading »