People & Living

The 2021 Fairfax Fair will be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 20-22. The annual event is sponsored by the Fairfax Optimist Club. The theme for the 2021 fair will  Continue Reading »

Do you have a daughter who is interested in joining Girl Scouts? If so, bring her to the Rock Port Pool for a Summer Splash Pool Party Thursday, August 12,  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: Syrup, pancake mix, tissues, cooking oil, SPAM, Juice boxes, adult toothbrushes. Items can be taken to the Rock  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax, MO, Food Pantry, located at 315 Main Street in Tarkio, is currently low on the following items: canned and boxed potatoes, toilet paper, flour, and sugar. Monetary donations  Continue Reading »

The Three county farms inducted into Missouri Century Farm Club story in last week’s edition of the Atchison County Mail had an error. In the description of the Herron’s Century  Continue Reading »

Christina Hayes, Tipple Hill Winery, Easton, MO, pours a sample of one of their wines at a past Great Northwest Winefest in Mound City, Missouri. (Mound City News photo) The  Continue Reading »

August 9, 1946 • Moran Wright suffered a painful injury Sunday morning when a horse he was riding fell with him, throwing Moran off and breaking his left collar bone.  Continue Reading »

August 9, 1946 • July was a record month for the Murphy Hog Yards, who reported a run of 6,034 head of hogs during the month. During June, more than  Continue Reading »

August 9, 1946 • During Wednesday night’s heavy windstorm, a tree was blown down at the John Ridgeway place on Water Street and fell on the porch and house, doing  Continue Reading »

Ryleigh Branson showed in the Peewee Goat Show at the Nodaway County Fair in Maryville, Missouri. Ryleigh also showed a pygmy goat and showed in the Peewee Calf Show. (Ponya  Continue Reading »

Construction crews rebuild the transmission line near Tarkio, Missouri. (Evergy photo) Evergy is completing a 135-mile transmission line rebuild in Missouri that will enhance reliability and strengthen the regional power  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 July 26 – August  Continue Reading »