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Volume 7, Episode 42

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Parkville News

Aldermen Poised to Vote on Smoking Ban

Time was, you could buy tobacco and hemp by the pound in the downtown Parkville markets. On Tuesday April 7, residents and visitors alike may not be allowed to smoke in any public place within city limits – a ban on smoking that would mirror trends occurring around the…
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Platte County News

Two Adults Charged with Poisoning Teens With Alcohol

The Platte County Prosecutor’s office has filed felony charges against a Platte County mother and another woman for providing alcohol to several 13- and 14-year old girls at a 14th birthday party. Karen Christine Downs, 43, and Kelsee Guest, 25, both of Kansas City, were charged March 30 with…
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Park Hill School District News

Park Hill South Grad is in the Navy

Navy Seaman Apprentice Dustin M. Ward, son of Carol A. and Robert J. Ward of Riverside, Mo., was recently promoted to his current rank upon graduation from recruit training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Ward received the early promotion for outstanding performance during all phases of the training…
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Editorials

Protect this House

The Banneker School restoration project is the type of thing Parkville was made for: Historic preservation in a town that prides itself on its romantic past. Add to that a sense of moral conviction – the Benjamin…
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Gary Worden has a Cold

Gary Worden has the sniffles and he probably guesses that I don’t notice that fact. (You know Gary as the owner of Piropos, Parkville Mini-Golf and the Main Street Inn.) Oh…but I do…I do notice. I…
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