Tarkio News

The House ethics committee on Thursday cleared U.S. Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri of any wrongdoing in connection with a congressional appearance by a friend last spring.

Washington, D.C., United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Energy Secretary Steven Chu this week hosted a group of clean energy developers and manufacturers at the White House to discuss how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is creating jobs and helping expand the development of clean, renewable ...

The U.S. government on Tuesday awarded $550 million in grants to develop renewable energy projects to help double U.S. renewable energy production over the next few years, an Obama administration goal.

U.S. Rep. Sam Graves opposed Democratic efforts to reform health care even before the August recess wrote a whole new chapter about political anger in the United States.Twenty-three town hall meetings later, the Tarkio farmer and four-term Republican from northwest Missouri returns with the rest of Congress to Washington this week even more ...

A northwest Missouri man is using his pen to stand up for the heartland. Blake Hurst and his wife, Julie, have run a plant nursery in Tarkio for the past 26 years.

Wind energy has skyrocketed in Northwest Missouri. Experts said the completion of the Farmers City Wind Farm near Tarkio, Mo., has increased the state's wind farm capacity by 90%. According to a national survey, Missouri received the third-highest amound of wind farm capacity in the nation.

A former northwest Missouri physical education teacher and coach has been acquitted of child molestation charges.

A former Tarkio gym teacher and basketball coach is breathing a sigh of relief after being found innocent of sex crime charges Friday evening.

A national survey of wind energy says Missouri added the third-highest amount of wind farm capacity in the nation during the second quarter of the year.

More News An air show pilot was killed in Tarkio, Mo., today when a single-person plane crashed during a safety test flight, the Atchison County sheriff's office said.

A 36-year-old pilot was killed Friday near Tarkio, Mo., as she prepared for a weekend air show.The plane crashed about 2:30 p.m. while the pilot was practicing aerial acrobatics in a single-person, single-engine aircraft, according to the Tarkio Police Department.Officials were not releasing the pilots name until her family is notified.No other ...

A renowned Lincoln aerobatic pilot was killed in a plane crash during a practice session for an air show near Tarkio, Mo., on Friday.

Brooks Hurst, manager of Gould Peterson Municipal Airport in Tarkio, Mo., confirmed that a crash had occurred but could provide no other information, including the type of plane or any information on injuries or fatalities.

Police in Tarkio, Mo., say a female pilot died when she crashed her airplane was practicing for a weekend air show.

Chandy Clanton, three-time member of the United States Unlimited Aerobatic Team and several time EAA AirVenture Oshkosh performer was killed Friday in her Edge 540 ahead of the Wingnuts Flying Circus in Tarkio, Mo.; she was 36 years old.

TARKIO, Mo. - A pilot has died after her propeller plane crashed into a bean field in far northwest Missouri while she practiced acrobatics for an air show.

An attorney's absence at a Nodaway County court hearing Monday afternoon postponed sentencing for a 30-year-old Tarkio man convicted of voluntary manslaughter.

TARKIO, Mo. a ' A proposal to transform the unused Tarkio College campus into a continuing care center for senior citizens will be discussed at 6:30 p.m. June 19 at the Tarkio Community Building, 403 S. Third St.

After more than five years and $6 million of legal expenses, a lawsuit claiming Missouri is shortchanging its schools finally made it to the state Supreme Court on Monday.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act promises $787 billion in new spending and tax cuts to lift our economy from the doldrums.