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30 Years Ago–October 19, 1990

Ivan Foley by Ivan Foley
October 15, 2020
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Workmen have recently begun breaking up the pavement in front of the Platte City Middle School as work shifted into high gear last week on construction of a new $3 million middle school. The new building will be located between the present middle school and the high school and will house fifth through eighth graders in the Platte City area.


Pairings for the Class 3A District 16 volleyball tournament have been announced and the Platte County Lady Pirates are the No. 2 seed behind Kearney.

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Two eighth graders at Platte City Middle School, Chad Evertson, son of Mrs. Beverly Evertson, Platte City, and Kynda Goodwin, daughter of Alan and Linda Goodwin, Platte City, have abstract artwork on display. The class is under the direction of Dennis Hendren.


Platte City police knocked on doors and distributed flyers on crime prevention last week as a part of October Crime Prevention Month. The visit to the neighborhoods was to try to get neighbors to work with each other in helping to stamp out crime, explained Sgt. Ralph Landis, executive officer.

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Ivan Foley

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.

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