People & Living

The Rock Port Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: spinach, carrots, beets, tomatoes, potatoes, pancake mix, pasta, flour, sugar, cooking oil, pineapple, small canned hams, Spam, cake/brownie  Continue Reading »

Spencer and Lindsey Barnes of Elmo, Missouri, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Lannie Derr Barnes. Lannie was born on September 1, 2019, at 10:44 a.m. at  Continue Reading »

Joseph and Leah Hirner, Rock Port, Missouri, are happy to announce the arrival of their son, Elijah William. He was born on August 24, 2019, in Omaha, Nebraska, weighing seven  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Phyllis Dannar The Missouri Retired Teachers and Public School Personnel (MRTA) began their September 5 meeting with a tour of the Tarkio Activities Center. This is a repurposed  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio Parks & Recreation Department, the many volunteers, and the hundreds of attendees put on a fantastic display of friendship at the Friendship Day Fair this past Saturday on  Continue Reading »

Dear Editor, By this time, you will have learned that the Missouri Department of Higher Education has issued a Certificate of Operation for Tarkio Technology Institute to begin classes. In  Continue Reading »

September 15, 1944 • B.P. Hunter has been busy this week moving his stock of dry goods and shoes from the old location to the new building he recently purchased  Continue Reading »

September 15, 1944 • Anyone who can read the Norwegian language will be greatly welcomed by the county Red Cross office in Tarkio. The office has received a message which  Continue Reading »

September 15, 1944 The Rock Port school board, at its last meeting, passed a resolution to name the football field Pierce-Rupe Athletic Field, in honor of Lieut. Marlin Pierce and  Continue Reading »

Atchison County Development Corporation (ACDC) will hold the 2019 annual meeting on Wednesday, September 25, 2019, at the Fairfax R-3 School Cafeteria. Everyone is welcome at 6:00 p.m. to visit  Continue Reading »

September 8, 1944 • Every Atchison County community was represented in the nearly 200 persons from the county who volunteered to contribute a pint of blood to the Red Cross  Continue Reading »

September 8, 1944 • Some local agriculture students traveled to Kansas City to enter livestock winners in the Midwest Vocational Agriculture Fat Stock Show and Sale. The show is for  Continue Reading »