Month: March

Geography with Goudge

Basketball AP Top 25 Rankings, 2020-2024 March Madness is coming upon us! This proportional symbol map displays the NCAA Div. I Basketball teams that have amassed the highest AP Top 25 Rankings over the past five years. The maximum points possible would be a #1 ranking for each of the five years garnering 25 pts

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Pancake breakfast to fight cancer

The American Legion Post 464 will serve a pancake breakfast from 7 to 11 am, Sunday, March 17 at the Post in Conception Jct. There is a minimum $10 donation per person with children six and under free. Please come join the Redden Family for the American Cancer Society and Mosaic Hospice of Northwest Missouri

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Platte Valley Girls capture third title in four years

By Morgan Guyer As the seconds ticked away during the Class 1 Missouri State Championship Game in Columbia, the Platte Valley seniors took in the moment. Maggie Collins, Brylie Angle, Kali Redden, Tina Turpin and Ellen Hayden played four years with the program, and would be ending their high school careers with three state titles,

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Wilcox UMC serves fish, chicken

The Wilcox United Methodist Church is hosting a freewill donation fish and chicken fry from 4:30 to 7 pm, Saturday, March 16 at the church located on Highway 71 in Wilcox. The menu includes fried fish, chicken, French fries, homemade coleslaw and salads, dessert and drink. Dine-in or carryout is available.

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Children’s Business Fair to be held at First Baptist Church

The Maryville Public Library’s sixth annual Children’s Business Fair will be held from 9 am to 12:30 pm, Saturday, March 16 at the gymnasium at the First Baptist Church, 121 East Jenkins, Maryville. The 40 youth operated businesses are run by young people from eight through high school age. The students and businesses for the

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37th Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade set

The official length of this year’s 37th Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade is 79 feet. The event will start at the corner of Third Street and North Market Street at approximately 3:17 pm, Saturday, March 16 in front of Burny’s Sports Bar & Upper Deck, and will proceed north. The parade is a

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Virginia Neff

Saturday, March 9, 2024, Virginia Lee Neff, 71, of Maryville, ran into the waiting arms of Dickie in Heaven with Abrielle wrapping around her leg. Virginia was welcomed into the world on September 29, 1952 in Cainbridge, NE by Darrel L. and Helen L. Cogdill Skroh. She was a graduate of South Harrison High School

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Lorna From

Lorna Sue Mayfield From, 82, Maryville, passed from this life on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at Oak Pointe in Maryville. Lorna was born in Maryville on December 30, 1941, to Dr. Elwin Lavon “E.L.” and Kennie Christine Florea Mayfield. She lived in Hopkins as a youth and later lived her entire life in Maryville. Lorna

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Kenneth Dowden

Kenneth L. Dowden, 88, Jefferson City, formerly of Maryville, died Friday, March 8, 2024. He was born June 28, 1935, in Maryville, to Harvey A. and Florence E. David Dowden. He graduated from Maryville High School in 1953 and received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville. On August 12, 1963,

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