People & Living

Sudden Death Sydrome (SDS) is a soybean disease which will cause soybean leaves to turn yellow with the leaf veins remaining green. This disease was found mid-August in area soybean  Continue Reading »

New sidewalks connecting Rankin Hall to Thompson Learning Center at Tarkio Tech were put in by MO Concrete LLC Wednesday afternoon, August 19, 2020. The sidewalk replacement is just one  Continue Reading »

If you drive by Fair Oaks apartments across from Blue Jay Stadium in Rock Port, you may have noticed a new concrete pad along with a glider and swing. Devon  Continue Reading »

Boats were out before the sun was up Saturday, August 22, to honor Tom Gibson. The Watson Fire Department’s annual fishing contest is now Tom Gibson’s Memorial Fishing Tournament. Nichole  Continue Reading »

Rylee Jenkins, Rock Port FFA member, showed Tuesday, August 18, at the Missouri State Fair. Rylee received Reserve Grand Champion FFA Market Heifer with Bertie. Her steer Cash placed 5th  Continue Reading »

Over the winter holiday, Anna Weber of Rock Port made friends with one of Santa’s friendly elves. His name was Christmas Carol. He was not your typical elf. He wanted  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Center 505 Country Club Drive  •  Rock Port, MO Carry-out available Monday – Thursday, pick-up 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Call 660-744-5812 before 10:30 a.m. to order.  Continue Reading »

The Missouri Job Center – Maryville is now open for appointments only. Business hours are from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. You may  Continue Reading »

Northwest Health Services has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to combat substance and opioid use disorders in the Atchison, Holt, Nodaway,  Continue Reading »

Students in Atchison County will be returning to school next week. It is extremely crucial to make sure your child is not sick before sending him/her to school each day.  Continue Reading »

August 17, 1945 • Erich Ernsting is remodeling the front of his business house (the former McKinney building) by having a brick panel built under the large plate glass window  Continue Reading »

August 24, 1945 • With the lifting of restrictions on gasoline, many people took to the highways Sunday. One of the most popular picnic grounds proved to be Tarkio’s community  Continue Reading »