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City honors longtime alderman
John Higgins, veteran alderman for City of Platte City, was honored with a plaque by Mayor Steve Hoeger at Higgins’ final meeting on April 15. Higgins served as an alderman a total of 22 years, from 1987 to 1993, and then again from 2009 to 2025....
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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...
Updated Hwy. 92 widening plans will be revealed
OPEN HOUSE SET MONDAY, MARCH 10 IN PLATTE CITY An unveiling of the latest plans for widening a section of...
Ten minute closure of I-29 set Sunday
Permit work for utility operations will require a full closure on northbound and southbound I-29 just north of Missouri Route...
45 Years Ago–April 25, 1980
Gary Oberdiek, Platte County, has been named to the 1979-80 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and...
30 Years Ago–April 27, 1995
Roseann Smith joined the Platte County Prosecuting Attorney’s office April 1. As first assistant, Smith will handle all child abuse,...
15 Years Ago–April 28, 2010
A day-and-a-half long appeal hearing to settle her unemployment claim ended positively for Kendra Montgomery, a fired Platte County human...