People & Living

Rock Port’s Lady Blue Jays advance to the Final Four of the Show-Me Showdown Basketball Championships for the second consecutive year. They will face the Delta Ladycats at 10:00 a.m.  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio Nutrition Center will have bingo every second and fourth Thursday of the month at the Tarkio Nutrition Center from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. for an hour packed with  Continue Reading »

Bingo will return to twice a month at the Rock Port Senior Center this month, starting Tuesday, March 10. Games start at 9:45 a.m. so you will have to enjoy  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax Methodist Church invites all area youth in grades 6-12 to gather for fellowship, worship, and study on the first and third Sundays of the month from 3:00 to  Continue Reading »

Pleasant View Nursing Home will have a special event to raise funds for the Activities Fund. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Tuesday, March 17, with a Reuben, chips, and pickle spear  Continue Reading »

The Fairfax Methodist Church will have a fish and chicken fry Saturday, March 21, 2026, at the Fairfax Community Room in the fire station. Serving will be 5:00 to 7:00  Continue Reading »

The Atchison County Library will host Lillian Autry in a speaker series Thursday, March 19, at the Tarkio Library and Resource Center. Lillian Autry, a 15-year-old writer from southwest Iowa  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 March 2-8. • U.S.  Continue Reading »

Mary Dunham (at the time, Mary Beckman) is the teacher in this photo of the 1915-16 middle school class.   The remembrances of Mary Dunham By Beverly Clinkingbeard In 1981,  Continue Reading »

Twenty-nine bridges in Atchison, Holt and Nodaway counties are scheduled for rehabilitation. The Missouri Department of Transportation has contracted Capital Paving & Construction, LLC, to complete the project. These bridges  Continue Reading »

Liberty Theatre in Rock Port, Missouri, invites everyone ages sixth grade and up to come to the theatre on Sunday, March 15, and Monday, March 16, to audition for Disney’s  Continue Reading »

Pictured are the 1993-94 third graders performing their parachute routine to “Achy Breaky Heart” and “I’m In A Hurry To Get Things Done.” Submitted by Patty Rolofson, former Tarkio Elementary  Continue Reading »