Around 150 to 200 people participated in the Tarkio Parks & Recreation Halloween Parade & Trunk-or-Treat Saturday, October 31, 2026, on Main Street in Tarkio, Missouri. It was a beautiful fall day for the costumed characters (kids, adults, and pets) to make their way down Main for observers and to get lots of candy from individuals and businesses who set up their decorated vehicles from which to hand out candy in the Enel parking lot.

 

Winners in the Infant category of the Tarkio Halloween Parade were, from left to right: 1st – Briggs Sutter (held by his mother, Lea Sutter); 2nd – Scout Calandro (held by her mother, Kaleigh Calandro); and 3rd – Oaklynn Shaw (held by her mother, Brianna Shaw).

 

Winners in the 1 to 2 Year Old category of the Tarkio Halloween Parade were, from left to right: 1st – Koulter Wennihan; 2nd – Pierce Carpenter; and 3rd – Idabella Klosek.

 

Winners in the 3 to 5 Year Old category of the Tarkio Halloween Parade were, from left to right: top – 1st – Woodrow Blackman and 2nd – Myah Reeves; and above – 3rd – Addison Bell.

 

Winners in the Kindergarten and 1st Grade category of the Tarkio Halloween Parade were, from left to right: 1st – Raxtin Riggins; 2nd – Baker Bolin (pictured with his mother, Rikki Wilson); and 3rd – Claira Peters.

 

Winners in the 2nd and 3rd Grade category of the Tarkio Halloween Parade were, from left to right: 1st – Harper Kopejtka; 2nd – Sienna Oppie; and 3rd – Eden Hance.

 

Winners in the 4th and 5th Grade category of the Tarkio Halloween Parade were, from left to right: 1st – Bennett Peregrine; 2nd – Sage Sundermann; and 3rd – Gary Twyman-Eddy.

 

Winners in the 6th to 8th Grade category of the Tarkio Halloween Parade were, from left to right: 1st – Saige Dorrel; 2nd – Jorja Peregrine; and 3rd – Damion Bergen.

 

Winners in the High School to Adult category of the Tarkio Halloween Parade were, from left to right: 1st – Amber Peery; 2nd – Ava Brown; and 3rd – Dezzy Kimpston (not pictured).

 

Winners in the Golf Cart category of the Tarkio Halloween Parade were, from left to right: top – 1st – Nathan and Emily Drummond and Charlie and Lakelyn Litherbury; and above – 2nd – Martin Driskell.

 

Winners in the Pets category of the Tarkio Halloween Parade were, from left to right: 1st – Lucy McCartney; 2nd – Dani McCartney; and 3rd – Gidget McCartney.

 

Winners in the Couples category of the Tarkio Halloween Parade were, from left to right: top – 1st – Abby and Jackie Harbin; and above – 2nd – Dallas Slemp and Brecklynn Lopez and 3rd – Emmett Reeves and Crew Martin.

 

Winners in the Groups category of the Tarkio Halloween Parade were, from left to right: top – 1st – Walt, Rory, and Harvey Lambertsen; middle – 2nd – Keifer Nemyer, McKinley Daniels, and Oliver Nemyer; and above – 3rd – Madison, Elliott, and Brendon Bruns.

 

Trunk-or-Treat

Following the Tarkio Halloween Parade on Saturday, October 31, 2026, the participants were able to get bucket-loads of candy at a trunk-or-treat held in the Enel parking lot on Main Street. Winners of the “trunks” were: top – 1st place – Northwest Missouri Living Center; middle – 2nd – Boomgaarn Family; and above – 3rd – Atchison-Holt Ambulance District.