Serving Atlanta, Missouri
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
High school students will explore construction careers Wednesday at Build My Future Upstate at the Macon County Fairgrounds, the fifth year the Associated General Contractors of Missouri has brought the event to Macon. "Students will have the opportunity to visit with professionals in the construction industry and learn how to…
Gov. Mike Kehoe has named 18 people to a statewide child-welfare task force, as lawmakers continue to press the Children's Division over foster care deaths that include a Macon County…
Samaritan Hospital in Macon has joined a new statewide collaboration of independent Missouri hospitals, according to a hospital announcement posted Sept. 9. The Show-Me High Value Network is built around…
Republican officials aren’t giving up on the congressional map they pushed through the Missouri legislature last year, despite two setbacks at the U.S. Supreme Court and a state Supreme Court…
A Brookfield woman died Friday morning in a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 36 about a mile east of Macon, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash…
A Clarence man was seriously injured Friday morning when the pickup he was driving ran off Route K north of Tenmile and overturned, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol…
You land in Missouri with a stack of paperwork—new driver’s license, vehicle registration, school files, and medical records. In the chaos of a cross-country move,…
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From the Publisher
The Atlanta Missourian is a free digital newspaper published by Chariton Media, covering Atlanta and the surrounding Macon County communities. Our arrest and crash reports are sourced directly from the Missouri State Highway Patrol. If you have a news tip or community event, submit it here. — Chariton Media, Publisher