People & Living

August 15, 1947 • Harold K. Townsend called his mother, Mrs. Margaret Townsend, Wednesday morning of last week by telephone from Munich, Germany. Harold is in the Air Force. •  Continue Reading »

  The United Methodist Churches in Rock Port and Watson welcome Pastor Bill Hargis. The Rock Port and Watson United Methodist Churches have welcomed Pastor Bill Hargis as the new  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio Assembly of God Church is hosting an Encounter Service Sunday, August 28, beginning at 10:45 a.m. Special guest will be Evangelist Michael Holman of Kansas City, Missouri. Stop  Continue Reading »

Atchison County Head Start in Rock Port, Missouri, has openings for preschool age children ages 3 to 5 years old. Head Start is a FREE preschool to all families. Families  Continue Reading »

William Alan Sands Shannon and Mark Sands of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, are pleased to announce the birth of their baby boy, William Alan Sands. William was born at 2:37 p.m.  Continue Reading »

Missouri State University awarded 2,878 degrees to students in spring 2022. The commencement ceremonies took place May 20, 2022, at Great Southern Bank Arena in Springfield. Tacy Mitchell of Fairfax,  Continue Reading »

Johnny Davis shared with fellow Rotarians news about Tarkio Tech at their August 2, 2022, meeting. He reported that Tarkio Tech will receive a large grant from Herzog to fund  Continue Reading »

Pat Walker of Rock Port will be celebrating her 85th birthday Friday, August 19, 2022. She was born on that day in Louisville, Kentucky. Help Pat celebrate by sending her  Continue Reading »

Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax, Missouri, Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: grape and apple juice (64 oz.), complete pancake mix, syrup (64 oz.), brownie mix, Hamburger  Continue Reading »

Watch for Children It may be hard to believe, but many of our local schools will soon be back in session. All of the hardworking teachers in our districts have  Continue Reading »

The following is a list of general highway maintenance and construction work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in Atchison County for the week of August 8-14. All road  Continue Reading »

Gas prices have been historically high in 2022. According to the fuel price comparison site GasBuddy.com, as of June 2022, the least expensive state for regular gas was Georgia, at  Continue Reading »