People & Living

Now is a good time for Missourians to consider buying flood insurance. Many Missourians are still working to recover from the widespread flooding of 2019. In some areas of the  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: Chicken Helper, Tuna Helper, tomatoes, pancake mix, flour, sugar, cooking oil, crushed pineapple, small canned hams, shampoo, dish  Continue Reading »

Deene Lawrence, formerly of Fairfax,  Missouri, will be celebrating his 80th birthday on January 7, 2020. He would love to hear from you. Cards may be sent to him at  Continue Reading »

The OATS Transit has announced the following schedule from Atchison County to: Shenandoah: 1st Tuesday each month Tarkio in-town: 1st and 3rd Friday Maryville: 3rd Tuesday each month St Joseph:  Continue Reading »

Doane University has 261 students who have been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2019 semester. Students must achieve a minimum 3.7 grade point average on a 4.0  Continue Reading »

Heartland Riders Chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association packed 40 boxes of goods for Atchison County elderly this Christmas season. CMA group members assisting with the packing (below right) were,  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor Bill Shirley, Linden Christian Church A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year-old grandson. The old man’s hands trembled, his eyesight was  Continue Reading »

We’re moving back! By the time you receive this edition of the Atchison County Mail, we should be back in the original building at 300 S. Main. Our remodeling project  Continue Reading »

January 5, 1945 • Postmaster Richard Pearce reports that in the year 1944, the local post office broke all records for receipts and that December was far ahead of any  Continue Reading »

January 5, 1945 • A loss of approximately $750 was estimated by the Abell Produce Company last Friday when discovery was made of a robbery of furs including mink, muskrat,  Continue Reading »

January 5, 1945 • Miss Evelyn Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Cooper, is a new employee in the bookkeeping department of the Bank of Atchison County. She takes  Continue Reading »

The following letters to Santa were delivered to Santa’s mailbox at the Atchison County Mail just in time for Christmas: Dear Santa Claus, Happy holidays! I hope you have a  Continue Reading »