A birthday cake and balloons were part of the festive fun when Platte County native Lila Belle Nash celebrated her 102nd birthday on Feb. 22 at the Riverstone Retirement Community, located on Congress Ave., Kansas City in Platte County. So Lila Belle turned 102 on 2/22/22. The deuces were wild.
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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...
