Local News

A Platte City officer is recovering after a 29-year-old woman attempted to flee while the officer was turning off the...

Platte County R-3 School District Superintendent Mike Reik's salary and benefits have climbed by 50 percent since he was hired...

Recommendation coming soon. That was the decision reached at a meeting of the Platte County Sales Tax Structure Advisory Committee,...

Induction ceremony set Feb. 28 The Platte County R-3 School District Hall of Fame will induct three new members at...

Deadline for candidates to file for city council and school board positions was Tuesday at 5 p.m. There were some...

In Missouri, the use tax is a sales tax charged on the purchase of items that are purchased from an...

Two local school districts will not need school board elections, but competitive races will take place at West Platte and...

The bridge over Interstate 29 on Route 116 south of Faucett will close to all traffic on Thursday, Jan. 23,...

A resident concerned about the effects of apparent contamination at the site of the large Creekside development in Parkville requested an...

A client is accusing his former attorney of not fulfilling his responsibility of filing a personal-injury lawsuit within a reasonable...

Authorities believe they have found the folks responsible for a recent crime spree in the northeastern quadrant of Platte County....

Now there is less than a week remaining for candidates to file for various city council and school board positions...

A Missouri agency has approved three medical marijuana facilities in this area: a transportation business in Riverside, a laboratory/testing facility...

T​he legacy of Platte County Sheriff Tom Thomas reaches way beyond his status as the longest-tenured sheriff in the county's...

Authorities say a manager at McKeever's Price Chopper in Parkville has died as a result of head injuries suffered when...

Though brick and mortar stores may not be as prevalent as they once were, overall retail sales locally have not...

Failure in his first appeal. The Administrative Hearing Commission for the State of Missouri stands behind its initial ruling that...

Platte County R-3 School District will provide a letter of recommendation for the elementary school principal who sent a controversial...

Only one-third of the recommendations from the state auditor have been implemented at the Village of Ferrelview, prompting the state...

A former assistant freshman basketball coach at Platte County High School has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering...