Local News

By a count of 53% in favor to 47% opposed, Riverside voters on Tuesday approved an involuntary annexation that will...

The Platte County clerk presented the assessed valuation report for 2007 to the county commissioners on Thursday. The report showed...

Although a recent survey of Riverside residents indicated that 23 percent were not sure where they stood on a proposed...

Parkville held an open house on Saturday at the new city hall at 8880 Clark Ave., in the Parkville Commons....

The 144th annual Platte County Fair is gearing up for another year of entertaining county citizens. The Platte County Fair...

The City of Parkville will hold a hometown open house on Saturday, July from 10 a.m. to noon at the...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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