Headlines & Featured Stories
Best Buy returning to Platte County
ELECTRONICS RETAILER TO OPEN AT BARRYWOODS Only about eight months after closing a large retail location at Tiffany Springs, electronics and technology retailer Best Buy is heading back to Platte County. Best Buy will be opening a store in Barrywoods Crossing at 8321 NW Roanridge Road,...
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Young hunters harvest nearly 14,000 deer
YOUTH HUNTERS AGES 6 THROUGH 15 WERE SUCCESSFUL Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young...
Ghost stories and more
At the Parkville Nature Sanctuary, the Shortleaf Band of Springfield, featuring Mike and Tinley Fraser, entertained the crowd with haunted...
Huge turnout on first day of early voting
MORE THAN 1800 SHOW UP ON OPENING DAY Platte Countians have embraced the idea of early voting. On the first...
Landmark On the Road at Niagara Falls, Canada
“That crazy Landmark paper is in Niagara Falls, Canada!” is how word of this recent trip reached the ears of...
Courthouse improvements
Some repair work is underway on the upper exterior of the historic Platte County Courthouse in Downtown Platte City. In...
Landmark On the Road in Rome
World travelers Fred and Nancy Felix of Platte City recently visited Italy and, you guessed it, took a copy of...
45 Years Ago–Nov. 11, 1979
Two west central Missouri Extension specialists were honored by their co-workers at a recent annual training conference at the University...
30 Years Ago–Nov. 4, 1994
Approximately 380 acres of the prettiest land around, located three miles north of Platte City on the west side of...
15 Years Ago–Nov. 11, 2009
Platte City Mayor Frank Offutt announced on Thursday that after much consideration and interviewing several candidates, he has chosen former...