Editorial cartoonist Zonk on Platte County’s proposed $400 million jail tax project that goes to voters on Aug. 6.
Platte City firefighters were kept busy Thursday, Jan. 10, responding to calls. The first occurred at 2:30 p.m. at the Platte City residence of James F. Brown. A faulty fireplace was blamed for the blaze, which was confined to the...
Unseasonably mild weather has helped the progress of construction on the new Hwy. 92 bridge across the Platte River at Platte City/Tracy. The construction of the bridge substructure is “right on schedule” according to Missouri Highway and Transportation Department resident...
The Missouri Department of Transportation estimates that about 1,020 vehicles travel over the Hwy. HH (Main Street) bridge over I-29 each day at Platte City. The route will be closed for more than three months while crews build a new...
Our sincere condolences to the family, friends and co-workers of Dennis Sharkey, whose life was taken in what authorities say appears to be a road rage incident Friday night on I-29 in Platte County. Sharkey, age 50, worked as a...
