People & Living

The Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments is sponsoring an e-waste and white goods collection in the City of Oregon, City of Mound City, and City of Graham on Saturday,  Continue Reading »

The Atchison County Fair Board’s market hog, lamb, and goat weigh-in for 4-H and FFA members will be Saturday, April 29, from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. at the Atchison County  Continue Reading »

Westboro High School alumni are gathering at 12:00 noon Saturday, May 20, 2023, at the old Westboro Fire Station (next year the new fire station will be ready). Dinner is  Continue Reading »

Salvation Army Summer Camp will be June 27-30, 2023, for 8-12 year olds from Fairfax, Rock Port, and Tarkio, Missouri. The camp will be held at Three Trails Camp, Kansas  Continue Reading »

Happy 20th anniversary to Mike and Lisa Farmer on April 19! WCF SOF We are aware that some of the placings, times and distances are wrong in the track results  Continue Reading »

April 16, 1948 • The chest X-ray clinics which were to have been held in Atchison County the first of the week had to be cancelled because the truck bringing  Continue Reading »

April 16, 1948 • The opening event in a series of programs which will reach a climax in Tarkio’s celebration known as “Tarkiesta” will be held in the Community Building  Continue Reading »

April 16, 1948 • A big timber wolf of the kind rarely seen this far south was killed Saturday on the bottom land southwest of the Ralph Seymour home. The  Continue Reading »

  Local attorney Bev Jones was the guest speaker at the noon meeting of the Tarkio Rotary Club on April 4, 2023. She explained the need for long term care  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port R-II National Honor Society is wrapping up their “Soles for Souls” shoe collection for this school year, with a final date of Friday, April 21, to drop  Continue Reading »

People around Atchison County decorated for Easter in a variety of ways. David and Sharon Fruechtenicht’s three crosses northwest of Tarkio were a stunning reminder of what we are truly  Continue Reading »

The children of the Rock Port United Methodist Church, along with Buddy the donkey, reenacted Jesus coming to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday April 2, 2023. (Submitted by Paula Herron)