People & Living

Brayden Amthor of Rock Port was thrilled to take down his first buck during the youth deer season. It was a 9-pointer.

Fairfax and Rock Port will begin their holiday break this Friday, December 18. Tarkio will attend school through Tuesday, December 22. WCF SOF The Salvation Army will wind up this  Continue Reading »

December 14, 1945 • Wayne Thompson, who spent practically all of his naval service on the famous U.S.S. Enterprise, is home with an honorable discharge. The Enterprise, which served most  Continue Reading »

December 21, 1945 • Sergeant Sidney R. Crider, age 28, sacrificed his own life December 1 in a drowning accident in Toumon Bay on Guam while saving that of a  Continue Reading »

December 21, 1945 • Just about half of the people of the Fairfax community are ill with the flu or are just recovering from the effect of the disease. There  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor Andrew Sanders, Fairfax United Methodist Church Luke 2:4-7: And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of  Continue Reading »

Holiday shoppers tend to fall into three distinct camps. There are those people who have completed all of their shopping and wrapping even before November ends. Others shop in the  Continue Reading »

Despite a global pandemic, millions of shoebox gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child were collected the week before Thanksgiving following a curbside drop-off model at more than  Continue Reading »

Melinda Graves, Fairfax, was one of the winners of the Atchison County December book drawings, sponsored by the Atchison County Library. Each drawing winner received a copy of The Noel  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: Chicken Helper, peas, spinach, kraut, tomatoes, crackers, pancake mix, sugar, flour, cooking oil, peaches, mandarin oranges, chicken, Spam,  Continue Reading »

University of Saint Mary Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Michelle Metzinger has announced the Fall 2020 Dean’s List. Dalton Brake, Rock Port, Missouri, was one of the  Continue Reading »

Letters to Santa can be emailed to dearsanta@rpt.coop or dropped off at the North Pole mailbox at the Atchison County Mail. (Letters are printed as submitted.) From Santa’s Mail Box  Continue Reading »