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SHOTS HAVE BEEN FIRED FROM EACH SIDE by Stacy Wiedmaier, Landmark reporter Incumbent Chris Wright and challenger Nick Palmer will...

A copy of The Landmark accompanied Frank Offutt, former longtime mayor of Platte City, on a recent trip to Alcatraz...

Don’t want to wait till Election Day (Aug. 4) to cast your ballot? You can soon take advantage of an...

WOMAN MAKES PHYSICAL ASSAULT ALLEGATION Police were called to the scene of a disagreement involving Parkville’s mayor at a car...

ROAD RAGE ALLEGED IN DEATH OF LOCAL JOURNALIST Probable cause has been found and the defendant has been bound over...

MAN SHOT FORMER CO-WORKER AT GAS PUMP A Kansas City man who shot and killed his former co-worker and friend...

ACCUSED OF IMPROPERLY ACCESSING ZAHND'S EMAILS According to the special prosecutor that was appointed to review the case, the criminal...

HYPED INCOME FOR AIRBNB OWNERS NOT HAPPENING World Cup visitors coming to Kansas City who opt for a short term...

AT ISSUE IS AN AMOUNT ESTIMATED AT $13,000 A case of “suspicious expenditures” within the Parkville Area Chamber of Commerce...

A NOW-FORMER EMPLOYEE IS PERSON OF INTEREST IN CASE What officials are calling “suspicious expenditures” at the Parkville Area Chamber...

PRIOR TO COMMISSION VOTE TO KEEP THEM ON BALLOT By a vote of 2-1 at a meeting Monday morning, Platte...

THE PLATTE COUNTY LANDMARK BEGINS ITS 162ND YEAR Founded a few months after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, this...

THE 988 NUMBER OFFERS 24/7 SUPPORT Decals for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline are being added not only to...

SOME EARLY SIGNS SAY PERHAPS NOT It’s still early, but there are some signs that perhaps government entities may want...

A FOUR-YEAR TERM AWAITS THE WINNER There’s a contested mayoral race on the ballot in Platte City on Tuesday, April...

THREE WEEKS AFTER CRIMINAL PROBE BECOMES PUBLIC A few weeks after it became public that he is under investigation for...

PLAN PROPOSED BY DEVELOPER BRIAN MERTZ The Parkville Board of Aldermen has given preliminary approval to a plan that would...

CLAIMS HIS EMPLOYMENT WAS TERMINATED DUE TO DISABILITY, RETALIATION A former deputy in the juvenile office of Platte County (Sixth...

TASKED WITH ESTABLISHING PLATTE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH The Platte County Commission has formed the Platte County Mental Health Board Advisory...

REGARDING LAW ENFORCEMENT BUDGET INCREASES Platte County Kevin Robinson over the weekend issued clarification of information presented by a county...