People & Living

The Rock Port Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: crackers, macaroni and cheese, stuffing, juice, jelly, flour, cooking oil, sugar, mandarin oranges, pineapple, mixed veggies, dish soap,  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio/Westboro Community Christmas Service will be held Sunday, December 16, at 6:00 p.m. at the Tarkio First Baptist Church. There will be a live nativity and community communion, followed  Continue Reading »

From local children: Dear Santa, I want an LOL doll, toy mermaid with blue hair, and a blue owl. Love, Aspyn Dear Santa, I really want to know how Comet  Continue Reading »

Atchison County farmer Blake Hurst was re-elected president of the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation (MOFB) at its 104th annual meeting. Voting delegates elected Hurst, of Tarkio, December 4, 2018, to  Continue Reading »

Following the December 2018 business meeting, the Tarkio Fire Department elected its 2019 officers. They include: Chief – Shane Bredensteiner; 1st Assistant Chief – Duane Umbarger; 2nd Assistant Chief –  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Park Board met Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. at Rock Port City Hall. Members present were Lisa Farmer, Jill Lager, Tisha Jackson, Devon Sons, and  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Tim Baker, MU Extension Professional Field Specialist in Horticulture We will have two special tracks about climate and herbicide drift at the Great Plains Growers Conference in St.  Continue Reading »

Lucky Clover 4-H Club members (pictured above, left to right) are: front row – Sophie Storm, Leah Hirner, JJ Hirner, Brandon Athen, and Bentley Teten; back row – Tayden Cook,  Continue Reading »

Motorists traveling home from their Thanksgiving festivities had quite a time making it safely on the roads this year. A snowstorm moved in Sunday, November 25, dropping over 8 inches  Continue Reading »

Winter continues to visit only on the weekends. Continue to take caution while driving on roads that are refreezing overnight. WCF  SOF There are still families in the county who  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Ministerial Alliance sponsored the Adopt-A-family program again this year. Because of the generosity of everyone who adopted a child or family/elder food basket, the Ministerial Alliance has  Continue Reading »

December 9, 1993 • Over The Back Fence by Nancy Gaines: “This week the phone rang and when I picked up the receiver, it went dead. This happened four times  Continue Reading »