Ivan Foley is owner/editor/publisher of the Platte County Landmark. Foley has been on the news beat in Platte County with The Landmark for 38 years, specializing in local government issues and accountability journalism. He has penned multiple award-winning investigative pieces. He provides weekly observations and editorial commentary in his Between the Lines column and serves as host of Landmark Live, a light-hearted videocast featuring newsmakers and events in the Northland. During his time at the helm of The Landmark, the newspaper has been awarded on multiple occasions for General Excellence in the Missouri Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. In 2016, Foley won the Tom and Pat Gish Award, a national honor given by the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky for displaying courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism. A big fan of the Chiefs and Royals, Foley resides in Platte County not far from KCI Airport.

Chamber is in a much better place now

by Ivan Foley

November 24, 2020

Walked outside my home on a recent morning to notice someone had tossed an empty beer can on my lawn. What really bothers me is that it was a Michelob Ultra. This creates a problem. Now all my neighbors think...

Health department trustees should have a single mission

by Ivan Foley

November 18, 2020

Not sure why but I watched a couple of those Hallmark Christmas movies over the weekend. I can't get over the cheesiness. So much cheese I'm now lactose intolerant. It's true the movies have cute and cuddly (notice I didn't...

Master Debater

by Chris Kamler

October 22, 2020

Things are coming far too rapidly now to keep to just one topic this week. Here, now, is a brain dump of things leading up to the election. .Why are we still having debates? Both sides have long since stopped...

‘I’m not going to Platte City’

by Ivan Foley

October 15, 2020

There's a new drinking game in Platte County. Take a shot every time commissioner Ron Schieber guides public money to his wife's employer. I'm already stoned to the bejeezus face down under my desk. KCTV-5 News played the dash cam...