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TWO CANDIDATES IN RUNNING FOR HIS POSITION There will be at least one new face on the Platte City Board of Aldermen after the April election. That’s because John Higgins, longtime alderman in ward three, decided not to seek re-election....

IN ABANDONED TRAILER AT DEARBORN A 25-year-old man remains in custody in the Platte County Jail, charged with assaulting another man with an adjustable wrench. The assault allegedly occurred in an abandoned mobile home at Dearborn. Mark H. Emmons is...

CITATIONS CAN NOW BE ISSUED TO DRIVERS Effective Jan. 1, what used to be a warning can now result in a fine. Missouri’s texting and driving ban went into effect in 2023. It says drivers cannot physically hold or support...

CREWS WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK The Missouri Department of Transportation is urging drivers to continue to avoid traveling through Monday in the heaviest weather impacted areas. The heavy amounts of snow, bitterly cold temperatures and cloud cover will keep MoDOT...