Platte County

A recommendation of a 2.5% salary increase for county administrative employees and commissioned sheriff’s deputies is part of the county...

Two candidates are vying for the seat of Platte County Presiding Commissioner in the Tuesday, Nov. 6 election. The commission's...

Two candidates are vying for the seat of Platte County Presiding Commissioner in the Tuesday, Nov. 6 election. The commission's...

Health experts are encouraging patients to get their seasonal flu vaccine against the influenza viruses before the end of October....

A jail consultant has been hired by the Platte County commissioners as they continue to look at proposing an expansion...

Platte County’s financial ratings have taken a nosedive in recent days, on the heels of comments made by county commissioners...

Late in the day Monday, county commissioners decided to stop their effort to put a jail or law enforcement sales...

A golf course that the numbers show has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars per year will soon be off...

It is the first time an inmate has ever escaped outside the walls of the current Platte County Detention Center,...

The Platte County Commission-proposed 2018 county budget is moving along nicely, officials said this week, and only one budget hearing...

A hearing has been scheduled to discuss a possible settlement in an employment discrimination lawsuit against the Harley-Davidson Motor Company....

A Platte County jury found 49-year-old Craig Wood guilty of murdering 10-year-old Hailey Owens of Springfield. The jury in the...

Those elected to county-level offices will see a pay raise effective at the start of the next terms for each...

It is currently illegal to carry a firearm into the Platte County Administration Building. A sign at the building’s entrance...

P​latte County Commissioners have reached a “release and settlement agreement” with Mary Robinson, the county’s ex-human resources director whose time...

Their new budget indicates county commissioners expect to spend more on legal services in 2017 than originally anticipated. Action taken...

There are eight department heads who operate directly underneath the Platte County Commission. Of those eight, four spots are either...

The personal funds of the duped county treasurer will be used to cover the remaining balance of county funds that...

James Montee, a well-known attorney in Platte and Buchanan Counties, is charged with driving while intoxicated in Platte County. Montee,...

Expect a heavy voter turnout in Platte County. That’s the word from officials at the Platte County Board of Elections...