People & Living

Rock Port Food Pantry The Rock Port Food Pantry is low on the following items: Tuna Helper, Chicken Helper, sugar, flour, tissues,mandarin oranges, pineapple, Spam, cereals, peanut butter, jelly, fruit  Continue Reading »

A card shower is being held for Sam Creed, formerly of Fairfax, Missouri. Sam will be turning 78 on September 29, 2022. He always enjoys hearing from friends and family.  Continue Reading »

Tarkio Police Officer Tyler Dorrel, with his K-9 Officer Hemi, was the guest speaker at the September 13, 2022, meeting of the Tarkio Rotary Club. Hemi is trained to detect  Continue Reading »

The Mule Barn Theatre Guild is once again hosting an Artist Series performance at the Tarkio Rotary Theatre, located inside the Thompson Learning Center on the Tarkio Tech campus. The  Continue Reading »

Family and friends of St. Oswald’s in-the- Fields Episcopal Church of rural Skidmore, Missouri, return each fall for a special service. This year’s celebration is the 124th Harvest Festival and  Continue Reading »

Tarkio First Baptist Church has announced the retirement of Glenn Scott at the end of 2022. Glenn and Jayne have faithfully served the church and community for over 25 years.  Continue Reading »

Tarkio Unit 199 hosted the District 4 meeting Saturday, September 10. Sheridan Mires (standing at right) is pictured preparing to install the District officers of District 4.   Submitted by  Continue Reading »

Submitted by Pastor Mark Moon, Tarkio Presbyterian Church “No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to  Continue Reading »

September 26, 1947 • Grover Cleveland Farley died at the veterans hospital in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, September 21 at the age of 60 years, 5 months, and 23 days. He  Continue Reading »

September 26, 1947 • The White Hussars, a nationally known ensemble of musicians, produced and directed by Major Herbert Petrie, will open the Artist Course series at Tarkio College with  Continue Reading »

September 26, 1947 • In the whisker contest at the Atchison County Fair, Wayne “Mandy” Thompson was the winner. His fine beard won him a place in the Centennial pageant  Continue Reading »

Schoolhouse Rock  is a group of teachers and retired teachers from Tarkio who work to raise money to support Atchison County residents who are fighting cancer. This group has been  Continue Reading »