During halftime of last Friday’s basketball game against Grandview, the 2011 Courtwarming king and queen were announced at Platte County High School. Queen is Taylor Wilhelm and Freddie Manyawu is king. Manyawu spent halftime with his teammates as Coach Rick Hodge urged the Pirates into turning their 11-point halftime lead into a 63-56 conference victory.
A request for proposals opened last week by the City of Parkville may be its first bid search in over 14 years for the city attorney position. Parkville mayor Gerry Richardson said that he was not aware of the city taking proposals for new attorney since his own first term as alderman in 1996. The city is scouting for a new attorney in part, he said, because current city attorney, Jack Campbell of Polsinelli Shughart, said last year that he was considering retirement.
KC Confidential by Hearne Christopher: Things just haven’t been the same in Westport since the Power & Light District opened. What was once the area’s mightiest party zone has taken a distant backseat to former KC mayor Kay Barnes’ red ink machine downtown. That said, the problems with massive crowds of what are politely referred to as urban youths have dwindled.
State Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, is conducting a legislative forum for Platte County residents on Feb. 18.
