Forum Flashbacks

25 years ago Authorities were back to work this morning, searching for the body of a 22-year-old Maryville woman police contend was raped, sodomized and murdered before being thrown into the 102 River on the east side of Maryville.Dennis Lee Jones, 24, Maryville, has been charged with first-degree murder, felonious restraint, forcible rape and forcible…

25 years ago OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An explosion believed caused by a bomb shattered a downtown federal office building today, blowing out a huge chunk of the nine-story structure and killing at least eight.At least 200 people were injured. Mike Osburn, deputy chief of staff for Gov. Frank Keating, said the Oklahoma Civil Emergency…

25 years ago Just ask anybody.Friend or foe, the thing most people will remember most about Robert Colville’s service on the Maryville R-II Board of Education is his commitment to education.“I guess the thing that sticks out most in my mind about Bob is his dedication to education,” Marilyn Griffin, who replaced Colville as board…

25 years ago With the Maryville City Council poised to discuss under-age drinkers in the city’s bars later this month, two taverns have been reprimanded by the state for serving minors.TO’s and Outback received one-week license suspensions from the state’s Division of Liquor Control for multiple counts of consumption of liquor by minors and sale…

25 years ago Those both favoring and opposing minors in the city’s bars agreed on one thing during Monday night’s public hearing on the issue — they were against underage drinking, especially by high school students.And the lone high school student to address the Maryville City Council during the hearing said both sides need to…

25 years ago With landfill usage still below the level city officials had hoped to achieve and some haulers transporting area waste out of state, the Maryville City Council last night approved a closure and post-closure plan for the facility which will eventually have the city held accountable for more than $3.6 million.The council had…

25 years ago A correctional facility at the former Mount Alverno Convent will apparently begin housing inmates in one year.Late this morning, Gov. Mel Carnahan approved proceeding on the project which calls for utilizing the former convent as a minimum-security prison housing 525 inmates.“I feel comfortable that the community as a whole is supportive of…

25 years ago Maryville city officials were expected to tell Gov. Mel Carnahan today the city favored a proposal to house a prison at the former Mount Alverno Convent east of Maryville.Traveling to the state capital with the annual Greater Maryville Chamber of Commerce legislative trip, Maryville City Council members left the city early this…

25 years ago The proposal by the Missouri Department of Corrections to establish a minimum security correctional facility near Maryville on the Mount Alverno property, today gained official support from the Northwest Missouri State University Board of Regents.With the action, Northwest becomes the first Nodaway County institution or organization to adopt a resolution stating their…