People & Living

Rock Port’s annual Christmas Mall will be held Saturday, December 6, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Atchison County Memorial Building on Main Street in Rock Port. Local  Continue Reading »

Letters to Santa can be emailed to dearsanta@rpt.coop or dropped off at the North Pole mailbox at the Atchison County Mail starting Monday, December 1. Letters will be printed in  Continue Reading »

Community Hospital-Fairfax Auxiliary will have a beautiful Christmas tree displayed in the front lobby of Community Hospital-Fairfax just waiting for your help in completing its decorations. You can help decorate  Continue Reading »

Fairfax’s annual Light Night will be Saturday, November 29, at the Fairfax City Park. The night’s activities will begin at 6:00 p.m. at the shelter house when Miss Fairfax flips  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Senior Center will celebrate the holidays in December. “A Very “Punny” Christmas” give-away will begin December 1 and will go through the 24th at the center. One  Continue Reading »

Christmas lunch at Tarkio Nutrition Center The Tarkio Nutrition Center will host a Christmas lunch Tuesday, December 16, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Join the center staff and patrons  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 November 17-23. There may  Continue Reading »

The Atchison County Development Corporation (ACDC) board met November 12, 2025, at the ACDC office. Present were: Lori Seymour, Mary Ann Hull, Eryn Stepp, Bob Alldredge, W.C. Farmer, Roger Martin,  Continue Reading »

Billy Morris of Fairfax, Missouri, pictured with grandkids Bray Baughman and Millie Holecek, harvested an 11 point buck on November 16, 2025. (Brooklyn Baughman photo)

Tylar Powers and Erin Mulvania were married October 25, 2025, in Cob Cave at Lost Valley State Park near Kingston, Arkansas. Also pictured is the couple’s son, Ezra Powers. The  Continue Reading »

Rock Port Food Pantry The Rock Port Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry is low on the following items: bottles of floor cleaner (23 oz. or smaller), toilet cleaner, disinfectant wipes, shaving  Continue Reading »

Rotarians donate to Lily’s Closet Tarkio Rotary president Darryl Lowrey, left, along with project chairman Jayne Scott, right, display the personal hygiene products the Rotarians collected to donate to Lily’s  Continue Reading »