Platte County Coronavirus Precautions

by Ivan Foley

March 16, 2020

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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 for 38 years, covering anything from high school sports to presidential visits, penning governmental investigative pieces and all things in between. 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 given multiple awards 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 unincorporated Platte County near KCI Airport.

45 Years Ago–Aug. 8, 1975

by Landmark Staff

August 6, 2020

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Sanders announce the birth of their daughter, Janet Louise, on August 1, 1975 at Research Hospital in Kansas City. Mrs. Sanders is the former Carolee Grame. The grandparents of Janet Louise are Mr. and Mrs. Charles...

30 Years Ago–Aug. 10, 1990

by Landmark Staff

August 6, 2020

Tim Ryan, a civil engineer with Oppenheimer Engineering Co., Kansas City, is the new city administrator for Platte City. He has done work for the cities of Raytown, Grandview, Clinton, and Excelsior Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bill Nash, Platte...

15 Years Ago–Aug. 4, 2005

by Landmark Staff

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Four men were arrested shortly after 3 p.m. on Saturday in connection with a burglary at Camden Point. Platte County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Helen Means said that at about 3:15 p.m., deputies responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle...

R-3 follows suit in delaying fall classes

by Valerie Verkamp

August 6, 2020

The Platte County R-3 School District pushed back its fall start date to Tuesday, Sept. 8. The R-3 announcement was made Monday. Most other area school districts, including Park Hill and North Platte, had made public their intentions to delay...