Football With Bill Utz

Platte County does not have gun registration but does require a permit for a handgun, Sheriff Tom Thomas reminded this week. The sheriff said a permit is required from the sheriff to buy, sell or loan a gun in Platte...

A Platte County Sheriff’s Department special response team served a narcotics search warrant at 400 Academy in Camden Point on Friday shortly after midnight and arrested three people. Arrested and charged with possession of narcotics were: Raymond L. Brightwell, 35,...

An investigation is continuing into the death of a Platte County employee in a freakish accident that occurred Monday afternoon. Justin Hartman, 30, of Dearborn, died after an unoccupied county public works pickup truck rolled down a hill and struck...

EDITOR: Whenever people ask me where I live, I love to tell them about our community. I tell them how we are like a small town next to the big city. It's growing, but it still feels quaint enough that...