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Ron Thiewes, Kansas City, reads The Landmark while on a hunting adventure in the snow in the Kenai Peninsula Borough...

DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVED BY CITY Live Nation Entertainment's plan to build a new amphitheater in Riverside is on track to...

Char Bar is  now open at Parkville, within the new Creekside development, east of I-435 at Hwy. 45. The exact...

RIVERSIDE COULD BE HOME TO 15,000 SEAT AMPHITHEATER For decades, Northlanders have traveled far and wide to attend concerts and...

MORE LEGAL TROUBLE FOR FORMER PLATTE CITY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR The now-former public works director for the City of Platte...

'Innovative solutions' pledged to changing times A nationwide college financial crisis recently came calling in Platte County when Park University...

This year, Zona Rosa has gained a multitude of new tenants, drawing people in for a renewed customer experience. “Zona...

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...