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AT CITY HALL ON DEC. 14 The City of Platte City will host a holiday event it is calling City...

VOLUNTEERS WORKING TO SAVE 1907 CHURCH BUILDING The efforts of about a dozen volunteers who are sawing and hammering to...

Headed to Platte City’s Holiday Lighting Celebration but don’t want to fight the traffic to and from? Take advantage of...

GET READ FOR A FALLING SNOW PARTY On Thanksgiving Eve, there will be a Miracle on Main Street in Platte...

Mike and Cheryl McGinness of Platte City recently visited Las Vegas. They went to support and watch their daughter, Marcie,...

THE FORMER PARK COLLEGE POWER PLANT South Platte Memorial Post 7356 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has announced it...

DEAN KATERNDAHL SAYS HE WANTS 'TO CONTINUE THAT WORK' “I am seeking reelection because I think we have accomplished a...

'A JUSTIFIABLE USE OF FORCE,' PROSECUTOR RULES The fatal shooting of a man who entered a home in rural Platte...

YOUTH HUNTERS AGES 6 THROUGH 15 WERE SUCCESSFUL Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young...

ELECTRONICS RETAILER TO OPEN AT BARRYWOODS Only about eight months after closing a large retail location at Tiffany Springs, electronics...

CHAIN'S 6TH LOCATION WILL BE ON NE VIVION ROAD A Kansas City homegrown operation when it comes to fried chicken...

Ground was broken on Tuesday, Oct. 29 for the new $120 million amphitheater coming to Riverside. The groundbreaking drew officials...

SIMPLE MAJORITY NEEDED FOR PASSAGE What city officials describes as necessary improvements to the city’s sewer plant will be on...

Platte City’s widely recognizable orange water tower along Hwy. 92 across from Platte County High School now has a temporary...

At the Parkville Nature Sanctuary, the Shortleaf Band of Springfield, featuring Mike and Tinley Fraser, entertained the crowd with haunted...

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

MORE THAN 1800 SHOW UP ON OPENING DAY Platte Countians have embraced the idea of early voting. On the first...

“That crazy Landmark paper is in Niagara Falls, Canada!” is how word of this recent trip  reached the ears of...

Some repair work is underway on the upper exterior of the historic Platte County Courthouse in Downtown Platte City. In...

World travelers Fred and Nancy Felix of Platte City recently visited Italy and, you guessed it, took a copy of...