Cops and Kids, an annual event designed to promote positive interaction between young people and local police officers, drew a crowd of more than 500 people to downtown Platte City the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 10. Highlights included booths and vendors, free food options including hot dogs and hamburgers, and a mobile laser tag field with inflatable obstacles. Kansas City Chiefs mascot KC Wolf was also on hand.
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Let's nerd out on some Platte County real estate. The real estate market is quickly pumping the brakes around here. Listings are moving upward, and houses are sitting on the market longer. It's starting to look like 2017-18 around here....
Thank you to the many folks who have reached out in person, by text, and via social media after the death of my brother, Randy, last week. Heck, some of you even offered to help by covering an event or...
GROUNDBREAKING HELD ON KENTUCKY AVENUE A groundbreaking ceremony for a planned surgery center was held in Platte City on Friday afternoon, May 9. Surgery Center of the Northland will be a state-of-the art ambulatory surgery center featuring four operating rooms...
CatLinh Beckett, of Kansas City in Platte County, is this year’s winner of The Landmark English Award, a cash scholarship presented by the newspaper each year to a graduating senior at Platte County High School. This year’s award of $750...
