People & Living

2017 Atchison County Spelling Bee participants included: Front row (left to right) Hayden Riley, Alex Barnett, Devin Guajardo, Sophia Martin, Riley Walker and Trenton Kingery. Back row: Alaina Armstrong, Johnny  Continue Reading »

The start of the new year has brought with it many celebrations at Rock Port Elementary! Our Academic Excellence Celebration was held in early January to recognize the amazing academic  Continue Reading »

February 3, 1994 • Community Hospital employees bestowed the honor of being Community Hospital’s “Employee of the Year – 1993” to Mrs. Dorothy Harrington of Fairfax. Mrs. Harrington has served  Continue Reading »

February 3, 1994 • Bill and Hop DeBuhr of rural Tarkio and Rick and Kim DeBuhr of Rock Port have recently become involved in a unique type of farming. They  Continue Reading »

February 4, 1944 In spite of the contention of some persons that the intermittent fog  Wednesday morning was too heavy for the groundhog to see his shadow, others argue that  Continue Reading »

There are times when the weather makes us question why we choose to live here. This is one of those times. But, we have every convenience we need – four  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Janice Taylor The Community Hospital Auxiliary’s January meeting was held on January 17, 2019, in the conference room at the hospital. The meeting opened with 17 members reciting  Continue Reading »

Recently, Tarkio residents traveled to St. Joseph, Missouri, to help serve the homeless at the food kitchen. Pictured are Brynnan Poppa, Kim Schoonover, Morgan Parshall, and Mercedes Parshall. Others from  Continue Reading »

The Office of the Registrar at Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri, has announced the names of students named to the Academic or President’s Honor Roll at the end of  Continue Reading »

By Kay Gibson The Watson Quilters called off their meeting Thursday night due to howling winds repositioning snow and making bitter wind chills. Yeah, in other words, we chickened out.  Continue Reading »

Drake and Kimberly Daugherty of Rock Port, Missouri, are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Ivy Dawn Marie. Ivy was born Friday, November 30, 2018, at 1:11 a.m.,  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor Julie Sanders, Tarkio/Westboro United Methodist Churches There is a wonderful story that I want to share with you. The author is unknown. Wishing to encourage her young  Continue Reading »