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CRASH IN AREA WHERE LONG BACKUPS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING An infant male died hours after being injured in an I-29...

PLATTE PURCHASE PARK TO HOST WINTER MAGIC It’s an eye-opening family Christmastime ‘get’ for Platte County and the Northland. Kansas...

SERIOUS INJURIES An Overland Park man who experienced a medical emergency while driving on I-29 in Platte County suffered serious...

EXPECT LONG BACKUPS NORTH OF PLATTE CITY In what has resulted in a traffic nightmare for southbound I-29 drivers a...

THROUGH THE PLATTE COUNTY SENIOR FUND No-cost transportation through the Platte County Senior Fund is now available. Platte County residents...

IN DOWNTOWN PLATTE CITY AT SECOND AND MAIN Plenty of vendors showcasing unique goods and services will be on hand...

VOTERS WILL DECIDE TAX PROPOSAL NOV. 5 Metropolitan Community College (MCC) officials believe there's “a perfect day” brewing in the...

While it’s true Election Day isn’t until Nov. 5, that doesn’t mean voters have to wait till then to cast...

ONE PETITION CIRCULATOR BEING PROBED A case of possible election fraud is being investigated by the Platte County Sheriff’s Department....

AT HWY. 9 NORTHBOUND RAMP AT RIVERSIDE An Independence man died a day after suffering injuries in a two-vehicle crash...

SENTENCED TO 19 YEARS BEHIND BARS A Platte City man was sentenced to 19 years in prison on Oct. 4...

ROB WILLARD EXPLAINS HOW Two events occurred at the end of September. The Kansas City Royals clinched a playoff berth...

PLATTE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES The Missouri Judicial Performance Review Committee has released its performance findings for the 71 nonpartisan...

NORTH OF PLATTE CITY A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 29 a few miles north...

by Whitten HeltonNavy public affairs Matthew Eshnaur, a former Navy lieutenant commander and native of Platte City, serves the U.S....

IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WESTON It’s time for Weston’s major fall event. The annual Applefest celebration in Downtown Weston is set...

WORK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN DECEMBER The Platte County Commission has officially approved a $2.7 million construction bid with...

by Linda Brooks Horseman1974 Pirate Yearbook editor This year's Platte County R-3 Pirate Homecoming will be extra special. A 94-year...

SUSPECT BEING SOUGHT Th FBI says a bank robbery occurred this morning at the First Federal Bank of Kansas City...

HELD ON $50,000 CASH-ONLY BOND A driver who struck and killed a bicyclist near Riverside was under the influence at...