People & Living

Congratulations to John Brown on his retirement. Thank you for your years of service to the City of Fairfax! WCF SOF The Fairfax Invitational Basketball Tournament is taking place this  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 January 5-11. There may  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry has a list of items each church is encouraged to donate: Baptist Church – Canned fruit (pineapple, apricots, peaches, pears, fruit cocktail, and  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry is currently low on the following items: fruits (15-20 oz. – mixed fruit, peaches, pears, pineapple, mandarin oranges), tomato juice (46 oz. can), saltine crackers, cereal,  Continue Reading »

By Cindy Walker Burton Happy 2026 everyone! Did you make any new year’s resolutions? I always do, and I do not attempt to achieve my resolutions alone. I have blessed  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor Richard Boettner, Rock Port Baptist Church Writing for this section of the newspaper about spiritual matters is a blessing for me. Although I hesitate at times since  Continue Reading »

Three of the five Boy Scouts who will be attending Sea Base in Florida in June, as well as two Scoutmasters, were guests of the Tarkio Rotary Club on December  Continue Reading »

January 11, 1951 • Fairfax High School’s 21st annual invitational basketball tournament will be held Wednesday through Saturday, January 17 through 20. Eight teams will compete, including Fairfax, Tarkio, Rock  Continue Reading »

January 12, 1951 • Showing at The Tarkio Theatre: “Rough Shod,” “Beware of Blondie,” “Bombadier,” “Two Weeks with Love,” and “Barricade.” • The Tarkio branch of the Atchison County Library  Continue Reading »

January 12, 1951 • Showing at the Paramount Theatre in Rock Port: “Law Of The Golden West” with Monte Hale, “Palooka Meets Humphrey,” “Copper Canyon,” and “Buccaneer’s Girl” with Yvonne  Continue Reading »

The East Atchison high school basketball teams will be hosting the 94th annual Fairfax Invitational Basketball Tournament next week. Be sure to check out the brackets in this week’s edition  Continue Reading »

By Cindy Walker Burton Have you ever been in the company of angels? Have you experienced a close encounter of the angel kind? Ever been unaware of an angel standing  Continue Reading »