People & Living

The crape myrtle provides excellent summer-through-autumn color. (LSUAexpert photo) Midwesterners are all too familiar with scorching summers. While midsummer doesn’t offer the vivid floral displays of spring shrubs, great options  Continue Reading »

White core in tomato. (Gerald Brust, University of Maryland photo) The scorching heat of a typical Missouri summer can be hard on our garden plants, including tomato, the most popular  Continue Reading »

Iowa teens injured in UTV crash Two Iowa teens were injured in a UTV wreck on R Avenue at 9:20 p.m. Thursday, July 9, 2026. The accident occurred at the  Continue Reading »

Grace Church hosted the Rock Port Community Vacation Bible School July 20-24. The theme for the year was Emerald Crossing.   Some of the older participants listen to a story  Continue Reading »

Missouri’s annual Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, August 7, and runs through midnight on Sunday, August 9. During this time, certain purchases such as school  Continue Reading »

Play Mahjong every Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. at the Tarkio Nutrition Center, located at 412 Main Street. Everyone is welcome to learn and play the game or just enjoy the  Continue Reading »

OATS Transit offers regular transportation services to rural residents of any age. Call 816-279-3131 or 800-831-9219 to schedule a ride or find out about services in your area. You can  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry is low on the following items: Stuffing mix, saltine crackers, peas, carrots, spinach, mixed vegetables, diced tomatoes, instant mashed potatoes, Minute Rice, chili,  Continue Reading »

The Ralph Greer American Legion Post #49 is holding a raffle for a locally made wooden hat and coat rack, as well as a Savage Arms Axis 2 XP 243  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio/Westboro/Fairfax Food Pantry board met Tuesday, July 14, 2026, with 14 members present. Churches represented at the meeting were: Fairfax – Baptist, Christian, Methodist, and Presbyterian; Tarkio – Catholic,  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor David Shadinger, Rock Port & Watson United Methodist Churches Muhammad Ali loved to say he was “the greatest.” His confidence was legendary, and so were his fights.  Continue Reading »

Boy Scout Troop 88 members Bo Peregrine, Josh Schlueter, Chase Gayler, Jax Peregrine, and Owen Vette (not pictured), went on a High Adventure Experience to Sea Base on Munson Island,  Continue Reading »