In the Dunk Tank for Cops and Kids pt 2

by Ivan Foley

August 13, 2019

in Landmark Live

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Ivan Foley

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.

Local Pizza Shoppe getting new owners

by Ivan Foley

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The Pizza Shoppe in Platte City is getting new owners and is currently closed for some updating and remodeling. New owners, as posted on the Pizza Shoppe's Facebook page, are Kim and Janice Clizer. The new owners, officially Clizer Enterprises...

Park Hill enrollment increases, but just slightly

by Landmark Staff

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Unofficial numbers show a very slight gain in enrollment at Park Hill in the new school year. Park Hill School District officials said last week the unofficial enrollment numbers show the 2020-21 school year enrollment at 11,767 students. That's up...

Parkville man involved in fatal wrong-way crash

Crime down significantly, local police chief says

by Ivan Foley

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Through eight months of 2020 statistics, crime is down in Platte City by more than 20 percent compared to 2019 through the same time. That was the word recently from Platte City Police Chief Joe Wellington, in a monthly report...

‘You can’t force people to resign’

by Debbie Coleman-Topi

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Aldermen issue statement about mayor's arrest, residents react In a public statement, the Parkville aldermen for the City of Parkville reacted to Mayor Nan Johnston's Sept. 26 arrest for DWI, in which they said they were disappointed in her actions....