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Top stories from 2004
12/16/2004
•Zahnd
wins jury trail as 'Bicycle Bandit' convicted
•Both sides claim victory
in displute over tax collections
•Camden Point department
catching fire for giveaway
•Downtown Parkville
will benefit from road project
12/2/2004
•Developer,
city have words over Plaza pump station
•Parkville employee
accused of stealing to be in court soon
•Replicas of nostalgic
crowns adorn streets at Zona Rosa
•Aldermen okay motorcycle,
study dumpster tip rates
•Cyber crimes unit busy
putting bad guys away
10/28//2004
•Heated
campaign for Congress nears conclusion
•Challenger promotes
change in county treasurer race
•Plunkett seeks post
•Has time expired for
return of unconstitutional raises?
•Heavy voter turnout
is expected
•Police will help organize
line at flu shot clinics
•Write-in candidate
challenging Lisa Pope
•Blunt states his case
in race for Missouri governor
10/21//2004
•McCaskill,
Blunt take off the gloves in debate
•Dog that attacked girl
to be removed from city
•Sarah Smile
•Once again, it's Brown
vs. Harding for representative
10/7//2004
•Platte
County flu vaccine supply is reduced by 90%
•No rush on concealed
weapon applications in county
•New public participation
rules in place at Dearborn
•New building designed
to resemble Stealth Bomber
•Great
Plains 'sells' its power plant idea locally
9/2/2004
•Landmark
expanding coverage
•Around
150 sign up for community center use
•Federal
grant will boost park project
•N.
Congress Road project aids traffic from Barry
•Platte
County man wants to be state attorney generaly
•To
smoke or not to smoke?
7/29/2004
•Man,
44, given 22 years for rape of Edgerton girl
•Wegner,
Plunkett set to square off on Tuesday
•Cost
of living pay increase gets early okay from city
•Prosecutor
rules police shooting of man justified
7/22/2004
•Auditor
demands return of raises
•Commission,
prosecutor engage in war of words
•Two
Parkville employees facing criminal charges
•Showing
the money
•R-3
teachers staff given pay increase
7/8/2004
•Was
parks mailer campaign material?
•Power
plant plans are coming into sharper focus
•Platte
County may not have enough for historic district
•Dearborn mayor
resigns - McAuley quits with potential state audit
looming
•Jim
Plunkett questions county's budget numbers
6/17/2004
•County
centers are 'on time and on budget'
•Local
meeting questions wisdom of power plants
•Killer
referred to as 'monster' gets 25 years
•State audit
of Dearborn's books urged by alderman
•Hospital
expansion promotes comfort
6/10/2004
•Scam
hits senior citizen
•Remembering an
"American Life'
•Passing
motorist protects boy from stranger
•Dick Stephens
voted out as park board president
•Park board appointees
have attendance issues
•Great Plains
doing phone survey about power plants
5/27/2004
•Suspect
shot, killed after firing upon law officers
•Who's the boss?
•On the trail of
Lewis & Clark
•City
has improved marks in ETC survey of residents
•Parks and rec
fiasco gets new wrinkle/the
mayor just 'wrote me a letter'
•Landmark begins
its 140th year of publication
•City supports
designation of local historic district
5/20/2004
•Five
students face charges after taping teacher to chair
•Platte
R-3 commiserates, commemorates, regenerates
•Parkville's
top cop may soon turn in his badge
•Blue
on blue traffic stop has colorful language
•Zona
Rosa ready to 'rock and roll'
5/6/2004
•Pain
at the pump: Gas prices rising
•County
community centers are rapidly taking shape
•Park
board will ignore mayor's letter
•Police
have suspects in gun incidents
•Lakeview
student brings loaded gun to school
4/15/2004
•Mayor-elect
of Parkville outlines her priorities
•County
reaches out with park tax
•Dearborn
man dies from injuries in I-29 wreck
•Two
students killed in crash on Barry Road
3/25/2004
•Contractor
comes up short on city project
•County
asks for impact hearings
•Jim
Plunkett will challenge Steve Wegner
•Pat
Wolf to run write-in campaign against Brooks
•Contractor
comes up short on city project
•Conflicting
remarks coming from power officials
3/18/2004
•Weston
threatens strong oppposition
•Suspect
in Platte City armed robbery caught
•Road
to Fruition
•Dearborn
man guilty of third degree assault
3/4/2004
•Men
on a mission
•Landmark
bracket contest ready to roll
•Business
survey indicates change desired at city hall
•Parkville
mayor to run for alderman
2/26/2004
•Budget
surplus disappears with amendments in Platte City
•Paxton
to be honored at pocket park
•Stray
dog, cat situation getting 'out of hand'
•Downtown
may fit as historical district
2/12/2004
•Group
increases presure against power plants
•Brown,
Brooks have lively exchange
•HOG
rally sales tax numbers aare a mixed bag
•Building
inspectors doing nine checks a day
2/5/2004
•North
Platte will seek 47 cent tax levy increase
•Moody
awarded salary increase on split vote
•Local
voters follow trend, favor Kerry
•County
jobless rate best in metro
1/22/2004
•Asthma
a concern for power plant opponents
•Platte
City C of C has issues with state group
•R-3
again presented 'Award of Distinction'
•Budget
okayed with comission figures
•Nebraska
woman guilty of possession of meth
1/1/2004
•Mad
cow scare has no effect locally
•A
LOOK BACK: 2003 had many local news highlights
•Landfill
permit for power plant could be years away
•'Platte
City merchants: 'We have a Main Street'
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