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County budget brings disagreement
After much discussion, the Platte County Commission passed the county’s 2014 budget on a split vote. During the Platte County...
Read moreDetailsCounty clerk won’t seek re-election
One term is going to be it for Platte County Clerk Joan Harms. Harms told The Landmark she will not...
Read moreDetailsEvent kicks off county’s 175th year
Music filled the air outside of the Platte County Courthouse as a crowd gathered for a special Platte County Commission...
Read moreDetailsPlatte County will note 175th in 2014
In 2014, Platte County reaches a milestone On Dec. 31, 1838, this land of rolling hills and easy flowing waters...
Read moreDetailsFree water still an issue at Parkville
Representatives of the Vikings Football Club and the City of Parkville continue to try to clarify how the club was...
Read moreDetailsQuik Trip seeks a Parkville location
Look out, Kicks 66, Quik Trip would like to move in to the Parkville area. Sean Ackerson, community development director...
Read moreDetailsParkville trying to fix its technology woes
Parkville's technology woes could be a thing of the past after the board of aldermen approved an agreement with eNet,...
Read moreDetailsParkville schedules special election
Parkville residents will in fact hold a special election in November to decide whether the mayor's term will be three...
Read moreDetailsNew City Clerk hired at Parkville
Parkville aldermen Tuesday night approved the hiring of Melissa McChesney as city clerk. McChesney will take over the position on...
Read moreDetailsCharged with selling illegal explosives
An Overland Park man arrested last week in Platte County and charged with the sale of illegal explosives is free...
Read moreDetailsCity of Parkville feels let down in new park plan
Parkville Alderman: ‘I feel kind of ripped off after voting for the (park) sales tax’ This isn't what they were...
Read moreDetailsCounty golf course lost $333k in 2012
Shiloh Springs, the golf course owned by county taxpayers and operated by the Platte County Parks and Recreation Department, presented...
Read moreDetailsSpring clean-up set by county public works dept.
Spring clean-up set by county public works dept. The Platte County Public Works Department will be sponsoring a county-wide clean-up...
Read moreDetailsParkville’s use tax proposal goes down to defeat
arkville’s use tax proposal, which city leaders said would have brought in about $38,000 in tax paid on out of...
Read moreDetailsSuper bowl party turns deadly at Riverside
A Riverside man has been charged with killing a man at a Super Bowl party with a gun he possessed...
Read moreDetailsCounty will add four employees
A 2013 budget that has raises for all county employees and outlines plans to employ four additional workers was approved...
Read moreDetailsDearborn man, son charged with sex crimes
A Platte County man and his son have been charged with committing sex crimes against a victim less than 14-years-old....
Read moreDetailsSearch is on for elderly Platte City man wanted in tennessee
An elderly man with a last known address in Platte City is wanted by authorities in the state of Tennessee...
Read moreDetailsPay hike of five percent suggested at county
In the eyes of Kevin Robinson, Platte County auditor, five years without a pay raise for county employees has been...
Read moreDetailsDusenbery’s push to cut tax levy by 1 cent fails
On a split vote, the Platte County Commission voted to keep the county’s property tax levy at one cent per...
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