People & Living

Two Rock Port teens and a Tarkio man were involved in a two vehicle crash Tuesday, December 27, 2022, in Atchison County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash  Continue Reading »

Santa and Mrs. Claus braved the cold last Friday to sing to patients at Community Hospital-Fairfax. They were joined by staff members.   Community Hospital-Fairfax recently held Christmas wall/door decor  Continue Reading »

B-29 Super Fortress, U.S. Army Air-Corps, 1944 By Beverly Clinkingbeard Seventy-eight years ago, across the Midwest, it was a crispy, autumn day. The year was 1944. Short of a few  Continue Reading »

Over the past decade, ACDC’s Business Improvement Grant program has assisted with 160 different business improvement projects throughout our county. The Atchison County Development Corporation (ACDC) designed this grant program  Continue Reading »

Considering the negative temps and windchills we had last week, this week’s highs of the mid to upper 40s will feel like a heat wave! WCF SOF Don’t forget to  Continue Reading »

January 2, 1948 • Rock Port had an unexpected and unwilling visitor the day before Christmas, a well-known movie actor, who has often been seen on the screen at the  Continue Reading »

January 2, 1948 • John M. Stevenson and H. D. Cunningham have purchased from Fred Andrews his interest in the Tarkio Lumber Company and are now sole owners of the  Continue Reading »

January 2, 1948 • Mrs. Jerry Davis and Mrs. Roy Wilson have sold the Donut Shop to Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Minshal of Falls City, Nebraska. The new owners  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Rev. Mark A.Moon,Tarkio Presbyterian Church Well, can you believe it? We have reached the end of another year 2022. In just a few days, we will be ringing  Continue Reading »

By Sheri Wright, Mound City News Ben Frede, a 1998 graduate of Mound City High School, is the son of David and Karen Frede of Mound City, Missouri, and the  Continue Reading »

The following letters to Santa arrived after the Atchison County Mail went to press last week. They were forwarded to the North Pole just in time for Christmas. Dear Santa,  Continue Reading »

Lindsey and Spencer Barnes of Westboro, Missouri, are pleased to announce the birth of their baby girl, Aurora June. Aurora was born at 8:41 a.m. Sunday, December 18, 2022, at  Continue Reading »