Downtown Platte City has taken on a bit of a fresh look in recent days. Crosswalk and parking space markings along Main Street and other areas near the courthouse square have been repainted with a fresh coat of white. Jeff Watkins, street foreman for the City of Platte City, is shown here applying finishing touches to a crosswalk on Main near Fourth Street.
45 Years Ago–Oct. 19, 1979
The old telephone building on Third Street was torn down this week in Downtown Platte City. The Wells Bank is building a drive-in banking facility on that lot. Mrs. Floreine Grisham and Miss Delores Mayer of Leavenworth recently returned home...