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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Platte County does not have gun registration but does require a permit for a handgun, Sheriff Tom Thomas reminded this week. The sheriff said a permit is required from the sheriff to buy, sell or loan a gun in Platte...
A Platte County Sheriff’s Department special response team served a narcotics search warrant at 400 Academy in Camden Point on Friday shortly after midnight and arrested three people. Arrested and charged with possession of narcotics were: Raymond L. Brightwell, 35,...
An investigation is continuing into the death of a Platte County employee in a freakish accident that occurred Monday afternoon. Justin Hartman, 30, of Dearborn, died after an unoccupied county public works pickup truck rolled down a hill and struck...
EDITOR: Whenever people ask me where I live, I love to tell them about our community. I tell them how we are like a small town next to the big city. It's growing, but it still feels quaint enough that...
