People & Living

The Atchison-Holt Unit of the Missouri Retired Teachers Association and other School Personnel (MRTA) will meet June 1, 2023. The meeting will take place at Tarkio Tech’s Thompson Learning Center  Continue Reading »

Margie Strautman, a former long-time resident of Atchison County, is celebrating her 102nd birthday on June 11. Her adult children, Bill Strautman of Kansas City, Randy Strautman of The Villages,  Continue Reading »

The Heartland Riders Chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association met its goal, plus some, for their annual Run for the Son. The group will be able to present a motorcycle  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port High School Choir, directed by Abby Palmer, sang a patriotic medley.   The American Legion Post presented the colors and Girl Scout Troop #8453 led the Pledge  Continue Reading »

Joey Herron graduated with honors May 4, 2023, from Southeast Community College with an Associate of Applied Science diesel-ag equipment service technician’s degree. He is currently employed at Keim’s in  Continue Reading »

The first alumna we are going to celebrate in the “Where are they now?” series is Chloe Bruns. She is a Tarkio High School Class of 2019 graduate. She graduated  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry Board met Tuesday, May 9, 2023, with 15 members present. Churches represented were: Fairfax – Baptist, Christian, Methodist and Presbyterian; Tarkio – First Baptist and First  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Food Pantry is low on the following items: tomato soup, chili, boxed potatoes, oatmeal, jelly, brownie mixes, and tissues. Items can be taken to the Rock Port  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor Bill Hargis, Rock Port and Watson United Methodist Churches I am sitting in the Bolivar Comfort Inn lobby. It’s 5:00 a.m. and I’m contemplating yesterday’s journey to  Continue Reading »

It’s that time of year when the number of activities is far greater than the amount of space available in the newspaper. WCF SOF The East Atchison Wolves District Baseball  Continue Reading »

Legacy Beef Co-op has announced a new packing plant investment opportunity that would give family farm beef producers in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, and South Dakota access to a  Continue Reading »

May 21, 1948 • Billy Walker has discovered that baseball can be a dangerous game. At the picnic for fifth and sixth graders at Dotham, the kids were playing baseball.  Continue Reading »