Events

The community is invited to a baccalaureate service Sunday, May 3, honoring the Fairfax Class of 2026. The service will begin at 2:00 p.m. at the Christian Church, 304 N. Broadway.

The Rock Port Class of 2026 will be honored at a baccalaureate service Sunday, May 3. The community is invited to attend the service at 7:00 p.m. at the Rock Port Baptist Church, 109 E. Calhoun Street. A reception will follow the service.

Fairfax music students will be performing a music concert Wednesday, May 6, for family and friends in the high school gym. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. The Music Boosters will host a dinner from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in the cafeteria that evening.

Join the Community Blood Center and Tarkio Technology Institute in saving a life with a blood donation Thursday, May 7. From 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., donate blood in the banquet hall of Tarkio Tech, located at 404 N. 13th Street (use the back entrance). Those who donate will receive a Green Flag water bottle  Continue Reading »

National Day of Prayer will be held Thursday, May 7, at the Atchison County Memorial Building in Rock Port. This year’s theme is “Glorify God Among the Nations, Seeking Him in All Generations,” based on 1 Chronicles 16. The service, hosted by First Christian Church, Rock Port, will begin at 12:00 noon. Everyone is invited  Continue Reading »

National Day of Prayer will be held Thursday, May 7, at the Atchison County Memorial Building in Rock Port. This year’s theme is “Glorify God Among the Nations, Seeking Him in All Generations,” based on 1 Chronicles 16. The service, hosted by First Christian Church, Rock Port, will begin at 12:00 noon. Everyone is invited  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port R-II spring band and choir concert will be Thursday, May 7, at 7:00 p.m. The Rock Port music students will perform for family and friends in the south high school gym. An ice cream bar will follow.

Residents of Fairfax, Missouri, are encouraged to participate in a city-wide clean-up May 8-10. Dumpsters will be set up on the west side of the park for residents to place their unwanted items.

The next Second Harvest fresh mobile pantry in Atchison County will be Monday, May 11, 2026, at Rock Port High School, 600 S. Nebraska Street in Rock Port, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Vehicles should drive east on Calhoun Street along the north side of the school. Supplies are limited, but the food is free to  Continue Reading »

Take a trip down memory lane and visit Tarkio Tech’s open house Tuesday, May 12, at 5:00 p.m. in the Curnutt Center. Recently, reproductions of Edna O’Dell’s paintings that once graced the walls of the Walnut Inn in Tarkio were hung on the walls of the Sid Cooper Banquet Hall at the Curnutt Center. Printed  Continue Reading »