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Details about murder suspect begin to emerge
SUSPECT IN SHARKEY SHOOTING WORKED AT LIQUOR STORE IN PLATTE CITY Two days after The Landmark had reported authorities were speaking to a person of interest, Platte County prosecutors charged that person in the Jan. 10 shooting death of Dennis Sharkey on Interstate 29 in Platte...
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Platte County to update its public records procedures
COUNTY SAYS ITS RECORDS RETENTION POLICY IS OUT OF DATE The Platte County Commission voted Monday to hire an attorney...
One-day outdoor art fair coming to Riverside
LOCALLY CRAFTED TREASURES WILL BE ON DISPLAY Art Garden KC returns to Riverside for the 2nd Annual Riverside ArtWalk, a...
Landmark On the Road–At Cologne Cathedral
The Friends of Susan Baker Travel Group has been on the road again, this time on the Rhine River in...
Prison time for man who caused emergency landing
HE LATER ASSAULTED A POLICE OFFICER A Northridge, California man was sentenced to two years prison on April 21 for...
Landmark On the Road–Down Under
Mike and Cheryl McGinness of Platte City recently traveled to Australia and New Zealand with friends and a copy of...
Manslaughter charges in deaths of three Chiefs fans
A CASE FROM JANUARY OF 2024 Two men face drug distribution and manslaughter charges in the deaths of three Kansas...
45 Years Ago–June 20, 1980
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Baker, Jr. of Platte City announce the engagement of their daughter, Lori Ann Baker, to Devin...
30 Years Ago–June 22, 1995
Robert Vick, the Dearborn reserve police officer suspended for 30 days by the city’s board of aldermen last month, has...
15 Years Ago–June 23, 2010
Platte City police expect to submit a case file to juvenile authorities this week regarding a report they received from...