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25 years ago Declaring an emergency situation, the Maryville City Council voted to lower the speed limit on Second Street in front of Eugene Field Elementary. The council approved two readings Monday night of an ordinance which will lower the speed limit from 25 mph to 20 mph on Second Street from North Vine to…

8 years agoNo one can say the Maryville City Council doesn’t dream big. The five-member governing board spent more than an hour Monday night listening to a detailed report for overhauling the often-congested South Main Street traffic corridor delivered by John Chamberlin, director of engineering for SK Design Group. If fully implemented — an effort…

25 years agoThe proposed multi-purpose building at Northeast Nodaway is the first step in a plan to unite the district’s facilities in one location in Ravenwood. The one-site facility was determined as one of the district’s long-range goals during the regular meeting of the Board of Education Thursday night. Superintendent Steve Thompson presented a list…

25 years agoSt. Francis Hospital & Health Services has announced it will build a $4.6 million addition to the current hospital in Maryville. … The plan will allow for expansions and additions of the following areas: emergency room, laboratory, radiology, outpatient clinic area, central registration, endoscopy suite, chapel, physician lounge and medical records area. In…

5 years agoChristmas came several months early in Graham over the weekend during the south-county community’s annual Street Fair. The three-day summer ritual featured live music, food, spit-and-polished 18-wheelers, vintage cars, antique farm implements and class reunions as hundreds of people lined Jackson Street for Saturday’s traditional parade. This year’s theme — with temperatures in…

5 years agoThe Nodaway Chorale launches its fall rehearsal season with a new director, James W. Rash at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 10 at First Presbyterian Church, 211 S. Main St. in Maryville. Rehearsals will continue, in preparation for the December holiday concert, to be held from 7 to 9 p.m. each Monday at…

5 years agoAccording to a corporate release issued Thursday, Aug. 16, by SSM Health St. Francis Hospital in Maryville, the local health care center and associated services are to be acquired by St. Joseph-based Mosaic Life Care. The release also stated that St. Louis-based SSM Health, which owns St. Francis, has announced its intent to…

25 years agoA new movie theater is planned for construction by Countryside Cinema in Maryville. Kathy Jones with Countryside Cinema said this is the company’s first project. She said they will be releasing information about the theater in the next six to eight weeks. Jones would not comment further on the project. According to a…

15 years agoA new car dealership will be opening in Maryville this month, offering sales and auto repair as well as another reason for area residents to shop locally as well as possibly draw outsiders into the city. Tri-State Ford-Lincoln-Mercury will open its doors Monday, Aug. 11 at 2017 S. Main St. in Maryville —…

15 years agoSometimes the most exciting thing to happen during a building renovation can be the discovery of a historically valued element of design in a room. This kind of thing has been happening to the Maryville Public Library for years. The most recent discovery with the renovation of an old library room into a…