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The Tarkio Parks & Recreation board members are gearing up for the Tarkio Halloween Parade & Trunk-or-Treat event to be held Sunday, October 26, 2025. This year’s parade will begin  Continue Reading »

The Tarkio R-I Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. in the central office of the Tarkio R-I School District. The  Continue Reading »

Submitted by  Mayor JR Chaney Sorry for the lack of a live stream at the October 15 meeting! The iPad decided it didn’t want to play ball (or function at  Continue Reading »

The City of Tarkio Board of Aldermen met Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at Tarkio City Hall. The Pledge of Allegiance was conducted at 6:00 p.m. City Clerk Danielle Kephart did  Continue Reading »

Students volunteered their time packing approximately 150 bags of food each month throughout the school year last year. Pictured, from left to right, are Cali Driskell, Claire Spiegel, Ella Meyerkorth,  Continue Reading »

Veterans will be honored in the 2025 Veterans Day Tribute in the November 6 edition of the Atchison County Mail. Submit a picture and/or tribute of your veteran with their  Continue Reading »

The MSHSAA 2025 Class 1 Girls’ Golf Championship started Monday, October 20, at the Tanglewood Golf Course in Fulton, Missouri. At the end of the first day of competition, Rock  Continue Reading »

The Atchison County Multi-purpose Center, also known as Tarkio Nutrition Center’s, employees, volunteers, board mem-bers and patrons celebrated the center’s 50 years of serving the community on Monday, October 20,  Continue Reading »

Liberty Theatre hosted its Halloween Spooktacular complete with pumpkin paint-ing, a haunted trail, games, treats, and a host of Disney and Halloween villains Sunday, October 19, 2025, at the Atchison  Continue Reading »

Tarkio Scout Troop 88 held a chili drive-through lunch Sunday, October 19, in the Tarkio Elementary parking lot. The event was held to raise funds for the Scouts to attend  Continue Reading »

Atchison County establishments that sell food and drinks receive health inspections, once, twice, or three times a year de-pending on the type of foods sold and risk to the public.  Continue Reading »

The Rock Port R-II School Board of Education held a regular meeting Wednesday, October 8, 2025. President Regan Griffin called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the board  Continue Reading »