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SUSPECT LEFT BEFORE RECEIVING MONEY At approximately 10:42 a.m. today (Friday, Jan. 5), there was an attempted bank robbery at...

SOME HISTORICAL NUMBERS ON LOCAL AGRICULTURE Starting more than 150 years ago, Platte County's early settlers began a tradition of...

MFA Oil Company, a farmer-owned energy supply cooperative, has announced the acquisition of Platte-Clay Fuels, a self-service retail petroleum company...

DISCOVERED IN RURAL PLATTE COUNTY A “missing endangered alert” put out by the Kansas City Police Department last week ended...

PLATTE CITY OFFICIALS MEET IN CLOSED SESSION Platte City's Board of Aldermen met Wednesday night, Dec. 27 in closed session...

SUSPECT DIES IN WRONG-WAY CRASH A series of three armed robberies occurred in the Northland in the early morning hours...

Phil and Barbara Wassmer of Parkville are seen enjoying a recent edition of The Landmark while on the footbridge at...

PLATTE COUNTY PROPOSING 464-BED JAIL IN DOWNTOWN PLATTE CITY The Platte County Commission has started the search for an architecture...

Ron Thiewes, Kansas City, reads The Landmark while on a hunting adventure in the snow in the Kenai Peninsula Borough...

SUSPECT LEADS TROOPER ON HIGH SPEED CHASE A 63-year-old man allegedly hijacked a vehicle at QuikTrip in Platte City and...

CASH AND LOTTERY TICKETS STOLEN A 37-year-old man is accused of robbing a Parkville convenience store at gunpoint. The Platte...

DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVED BY CITY Live Nation Entertainment's plan to build a new amphitheater in Riverside is on track to...

Char Bar is  now open at Parkville, within the new Creekside development, east of I-435 at Hwy. 45. The exact...

Myles A. Perry, of Kansas City, will be the newest circuit court judge for the 6th Judicial Circuit in Platte...

MAN ALLEGEDLY EXPOSED HIMSELF, COMPLETED SEX ACT IN STORE A man who allegedly exposed himself and completed a sex act...

DUTCH BROS. COFFEE AND MORE Metro North Crossing is nearing completion of a new, freestanding, $5 million, 15,000 square foot...

FORMER PLATTE CITY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR JAILED The now-former public works director for the City of Platte City once again...

RIVERSIDE COULD BE HOME TO 15,000 SEAT AMPHITHEATER For decades, Northlanders have traveled far and wide to attend concerts and...

MORE LEGAL TROUBLE FOR FORMER PLATTE CITY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR The now-former public works director for the City of Platte...

CURRENTLY SERVES AS UNDERSHERIFF With Sheriff Mark Owen not seeking reelection in Platte County in 2024, Erik Holland, major with...