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Chiefs Training Camp opens Tuesday in St. Joe
FANS CAN RESERVE A MAXIMUM OF SIX TICKETS PER PRACTICE The Kansas City Chiefs have announced dates for 2025 Chiefs...
Read moreDetailsLandmark On the Road–In Antarctica
Emily Hartung-Gilbirds, a Platte County resident and 2013 graduate of Platte County High School, had a copy of The Landmark...
Read moreDetailsLandmark On the Road–In Canada
Joe Wellington, former police chief for Platte City, poses in Yellowknife, Canada with a copy of The Landmark. Wellington and...
Read moreDetailsParkville chooses plan for easing congestion
BUT FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS CONCERNS After months of public hearings, open forums and meetings of a special steering committee, Parkville...
Read moreDetailsFree food, drink ready for July 4th celebration
FROM 9 A.M. TO NOON IN DOWNTOWN PLATTE CITY There will be free food and drink, which is always a...
Read moreDetailsPlatte County to update its public records procedures
COUNTY SAYS ITS RECORDS RETENTION POLICY IS OUT OF DATE The Platte County Commission voted Monday to hire an attorney...
Read moreDetailsDetails about murder suspect begin to emerge
SUSPECT IN SHARKEY SHOOTING WORKED AT LIQUOR STORE IN PLATTE CITY Two days after The Landmark had reported authorities were...
Read moreDetailsNew bridge going in on Hwy. Z
Construction continues on a new bridge over the Platte River on Hwy. Z in northeastern Platte County about two miles...
Read moreDetailsOne-day outdoor art fair coming to Riverside
LOCALLY CRAFTED TREASURES WILL BE ON DISPLAY Art Garden KC returns to Riverside for the 2nd Annual Riverside ArtWalk, a...
Read moreDetailsDetectives speaking with ‘person of interest’ in shooting death of sports reporter
DENNIS SHARKEY, 50, WAS VICTIM OF POSSIBLE ROAD RAGE Platte County investigators have confirmed to The Landmark they are speaking...
Read moreDetailsCity will pause enforcement of ban on backyard chickens
Go chicken go. Backyard chickens are a go in Platte City, at least for the next 90 days or so....
Read moreDetailsAmenities being added to Park at Platte Meadows
IT WILL INCLUDE A 'DESTINATION PLAYGROUND' The Platte County Commission authorized the purchase of new, natural-themed playground equipment for Michael...
Read moreDetailsSurgery Center of Northland being built in Platte City
GROUNDBREAKING HELD ON KENTUCKY AVENUE A groundbreaking ceremony for a planned surgery center was held in Platte City on Friday...
Read moreDetailsFour alarm fire at Haydite plant
ALONG HWY. 371 NEAR NEW MARKET A fire broke out at the Haydite plant in northern Platte County on Sunday,...
Read moreDetailsFive businesses hit in series of break-ins
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING IN PLATTE CITY Five Platte City businesses were victims of a break-in early Saturday morning, April 26,...
Read moreDetailsLandmark On the Road–At Cologne Cathedral
The Friends of Susan Baker Travel Group has been on the road again, this time on the Rhine River in...
Read moreDetailsPrison time for man who caused emergency landing
HE LATER ASSAULTED A POLICE OFFICER A Northridge, California man was sentenced to two years prison on April 21 for...
Read moreDetails‘I wouldn’t change a thing’
SAYS RECENTLY RETIRED POLICE CHIEF Joe Wellington isn't sure how his father's career as a photographer at The Kansas City...
Read moreDetailsCity honors longtime alderman
John Higgins, veteran alderman for City of Platte City, was honored with a plaque by Mayor Steve Hoeger at Higgins’...
Read moreDetailsLandmark On the Road–Down Under
Mike and Cheryl McGinness of Platte City recently traveled to Australia and New Zealand with friends and a copy of...
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