Local News

Independence Day celebrations are ready to roll in the area, with Platte City and Parkville both set to play host...

The Riverside Board of Aldermen last Tuesday night listened to preliminary details for the early development plan of a new...

Several thousand people attended Parkville’s River Jam festival in English Landing Park on Friday and Saturday. The 12th annual Blues,...

Several Riverside fireworks vendors, including two different older men, John Blogin and Mike Koska, who both claimed to be “the...

The city of Dearborn on Monday night created a new board to serve the city. Mayor Frank Downing, Jr. appointed...

Riverside aldermen were presented with a flowery—literally—proposal for street-side landscaping project in their city at a meeting last week. The...

Platte County is drying out, so to speak, and rapidly recovering from last week’s flooding, flooding that caused many people...

For the second time in less than a year, an independent auditor is being hired by Platte County to help...

It has been ordered by the City of Parkville that all residents and business owners evacuate any and all buildings...

How many kids are in the system and how many find their way out? The Platte County Juvenile Office has...

A new classic movie theatre may soon be gracing the Parkville skyline if businessman Tom Hutsler’s dream comes true. The...

There was only one new face at Parkville’s Board of Aldermen meeting who made his official debut Tuesday evening behind...

The park marriage between Platte County and the City of Platte City will end in divorce. Platte County commissioners on...

Platte City’s Board of Aldermen on Tuesday discussed the ongoing maintenance issues at Platte Ridge Park, with Mayor Dave Brooks...

Platte City voters decided not to re-elect alderman Lee Roy Van Lew last week, but that does not mean he...

Some Parkville city officials have met with a development group studying the possibility of building a casino at Interstate 435...

An extension of a deadline to meet maintenance standards at Platte Ridge Park would come with a price for the...

The Pocket Park at the west end of Main Street in Platte City is being transformed into a new historically...

No decision means no appeal. At least not yet. At a special meeting Monday night, Platte City's Board of Aldermen...

Officially, it's not yet spring of 2007, but already the 2008 election season is heating up in Platte County. Kathy...