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COUNTY TO BEGIN WORK ON PROPOSAL FOR VOTERS A public safety committee has recommended to the county commission the proposal...

BEGINNING SALARY SET AT $200,000 Platte County will now have a county administrator. County commissioners announced the creation of the...

SHOOTING OCCURRED JUST OUTSIDE STORE An employee of the Rally House store in the Shops at Boardwalk center in Platte...

DOWNWARD TREND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE Although the population in Platte County is growing, the largest public school district in the...

LEAVENWORTH MAN CHARGED WITH DRUG-RELATED CRIME An arrest has been made in connection with the incident surrounding a fatal shooting...

ON INTERSTATE 70 A 19-year-old Platte City man was killed in a crash on Interstate 70 on Sunday evening. The...

ONE MAN KILLED, ANOTHER REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION Police, including Kansas City Metro Squad detectives, continue to investigate the shooting...

VOTERS PASS IT BY SIX PERCENT MARGIN Parkville officials were thrilled with the results of two questions on the city...

CEREMONY HELD AT TRAILHEAD IN PARKVILLE Platte County Parks Department has announced the grand opening of the Brush Creek Trail,...

HER COMMISSION TERM ENDS DECEMBER 2024 Dagmar Wood, currently serving as Platte County’s first district commissioner, has announced her intention...

WHERE SAM'S CLUB WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED Longhorn Opportunity Fund, LP received the Kansas City Plan Commission's approval for a mix...

NEW CITY HALL SHOWN TO PUBLIC Platte City’s new City Hall and police station was shown off to the public...

by Lisa WittmeyerLocal historian On Friday, July 11, 1952, The Landmark Newspaper published a photograph titled “Scene in Korea” and...

FRIDAY, NOV. 10 AT 8 P.M. To celebrate the release of her newest album "Girl Bandit," local singer/songwriter Emma Jo...

SALARIES GO TO $77,185 NEXT TERM An eight percent raise increase in base pay for countywide elected positions. That’s what...

ELECTION SET TUESDAY, NOV. 7 For some voters in Platte County, there is an election on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Voters...

CITY OF RIVERSIDE PROJECT PLANNED City officials say they are pleased that the City of Riverside received notification of the...

SUBARU DRIVER CITED FOR CARELESS AND IMPRUDENT DRIVING A Platte County R-3 School District bus was rear-ended in a crash...

OFFICIALS SAY NEW AIRPORT IS DRIVING FACTOR Passengers who take to the skies will soon have more hotels to choose...

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE SET NOV. 1 It’s almost ready. An open house for the new City Hall/police department headquarters for...