People & Living

Every year, Dollar General in Tarkio puts up a box next to the register sweetly decorated in Christmas wrapping paper asking people to donate toys for tots.  These toys are  Continue Reading »

Everyone is encouraged to get in the Christmas spirit and join in the fun in Tarkio Saturday, December 17, for the Live Nativity and Christmas Light Parade. The Live Nativity  Continue Reading »

The Watson school as it exists today, as an apartment complex. (Submitted photo)     By Matthew Barnes A school had been in operation at the old town of Sonora  Continue Reading »

Cover crops increase soil organic matter, improve soil health, reduce erosion, suppress weed growth, conserve moisture, and scavenge soil nitrogen. Care should be taken to in selecting which specie or  Continue Reading »

The Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges recently approved two new graduate degree programs for Peru State College. The two new programs are included as focus areas in  Continue Reading »

Atchison County’s Lucky Clover 4-Hers recently spent an evening making napkin rings and place mats for the Pleasant View Nursing Home’s Thanksgiving dinner in Rock Port. (Dixie Teten photos)

Dorothie “Pat” Seymour, age 94, of Fairfax, won the Kiwanis Club basket that was raffled at the Fairfax Fair last summer. The basket included tickets to a Kansas City Chiefs  Continue Reading »

Kris Umbarger, left, and Community Hospital-Fairfax Chief Executive Officer Julie Jones, right, were guests of the Tarkio Rotary Club on November 15, 2022. Kris gave the Community Hospital-Fairfax Community Benefit  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Ministerial Alliance is again sponsoring the Rock Port/Watson Adopt-A-Family program. At the present time, there are 10 family baskets and 13 elder baskets available. The following children  Continue Reading »

A huge group of community members and students from Fairfax R-3 (pictured) gathered in the Fairfax City Park to lower the more than 100 flags that had been put up  Continue Reading »

Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax, Missouri, Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: fruits (15 to 20 oz. size), cereal, complete pancake mix, syrup (64 oz.), beef and  Continue Reading »

Every year, local Girl Scouts enjoy taking part in helping others in the community for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Five of the nineteen girls put together meals for seniors and families  Continue Reading »