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Jason Metten, city administrator, said Friday that Platte City officials and staff are grateful for the largely positive results of...

The Parkville Board of Aldermen unanimously approved rezoning property on Missouri Route 9 at Tuesday night's meeting in order to...

Platte City Board of Aldermen Tuesday night approved the purchase of a four-wheel drive SUV to be used by the...

In a tax sale held early this week, Platte County recovered about half what it was owed in delinquent property...

A man accused of driving drunk at a speed above 95 miles per hour is charged with involuntary manslaughter in...

Next week heralds the start of another school year for Platte County kids, so to help get past the first-day...

Swirling rumors that Parkville alderman Jeffrey Bay has sold his home and moved out of Parkville can apparently be put...

A 26-year-old Weston man is facing four felony counts of possession of child pornography. Samuel McPherson was arrested last Wednesday...

President Barack Obama visited Platte County's Smith Electric Vehicles plant on Thursday as part of the administration's wide ranging “Recovery...

Ferguson named as judge for Riverside When Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon appointed Riverside Municipal Court Judge Thomas Fincham as a...

A day-and-a-half long appeal hearing to settle her unemployment claim ended positively for a fired Platte County human resources worker....

There are important new developments this week in the controversial situation surrounding the human resources department at the county. Kendra...

There’s a new police chief in town--and his name is Carl Mitchell. Mitchell, formerly an administrative analyst at the Schaumburg...

At least one Parkville business owner has some harsh criticism of the job performance of the city prosecutor. Denver Harris,...

A man charged last fall in an Interstate 29 rest stop killing that occurred in 2008 is now in custody...

Some apparently heavy drinking on Saturday night led to the arrest of two people with much more serious charges possible...

An incident involving a Weston police officer selling stolen prescription drugs has turned into a circus of finger-pointing and alleged...

Earlier this month, Riverside City Clerk Louise Rusick called roll before the city’s board of aldermen for the last time....

Prescription drug abuse by teenagers is on the rise and is a problem masked by perception and a cultural mindset....

The Chiefs weren't the only folks blacked out in recent days. Much of Platte City was without power for a...