People & Living

The Fairfax Farmers Market is held every Friday on Broadway Street from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Last week’s vendors included Amelia and Caroline Larson (cookies and pie), C.J. Jackson  Continue Reading »

May 28, 1948 • Sixty-seven members and guests attended the second anniversary of the Fairfax Kiwanis Club at the Presbyterian Church Thursday evening of last week. Judge Ray Weightman of  Continue Reading »

May 28, 1948 • Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Ellsworth are building a two-story, seven-room home of Dutch Colonial architecture at the corner of 13th and Chestnut streets in Tarkio. The  Continue Reading »

May 28, 1948 • The annual repair and recoating of Highway No. 4 west of Rock Port is underway. The roadway was scarified last week, and oil will be applied  Continue Reading »

The Langdon School building as it exists today.   By Matthew Barnes This week’s edition of “School Days Gone By” will cover the Langdon School District. The land in the  Continue Reading »

The High Creek Cemetery Association, Watson, Missouri, is making plans to celebrate the annual Memorial Day Tea event on Sunday, May 28, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at  Continue Reading »

The Atchison County Development Corporation (ACDC) board met May 10, 2023. Present were: Lori Seymour, Roger Martin, W.C. Farmer, Bob Alldredge, Jill Davis, Eryn Stepp, Mary Ann Hull, Jeff Meyer,  Continue Reading »

Youth dancer Zoe Riley of Rock Port, Missouri, competed in the Leap Dance Competition May 5th and 6th in Liberty, Missouri, with her Bearcat Boogie Dance Team. Zoe received 4  Continue Reading »

The Office of the Registrar at Northwest Missouri State University recently announced students named to the Academic or President’s honor rolls at the end of the 2023 spring semester. To  Continue Reading »

Matt and Marsha Straub of Fairfax, Missouri, will be celebrating their wedding anniversary May 24, 2023. They were married on that day in 1966. Cards may be sent to the  Continue Reading »

A one-vehicle crash left an area man with minor injuries May 11, 2023. The wreck occurred at 9:55 a.m. six miles east of Tarkio. A 1999 International 9400, driven by  Continue Reading »

Gerry Tohill, Community Hospital-Fairfax Auxiliary member, is shown with some of the beautiful potted plants sold at the auxiliary’s spring plant sale May 4. Fundraisers allow the auxiliary to purchase  Continue Reading »