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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...

COUNTY OFFICIALS DISCUSS SALARIES FOR THEIR POSITIONS Platte County’s elected officeholders are studying the idea of a pay increase for...

ALLEGED INCIDENT MID-DAY IN PLATTE CITY Platte City police say they are investigating an alleged sexual assault that occurred in...

Lydia Doole was crowned queen of the Platte County High School Homecoming on Friday night at halftime of the Pirates’...

CONSTRUCTION OF 10,000 SQ. FT. SKATEPARK COULD BEGIN IN SPRING First-generation skateboard rider Tony Hawk once said that “skateboarding is...

Parkville is not only the second fastest growing city in the metropolitan area, but also has acquired the monikers of...

On Thursday, Oct. 5, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced the appointment of Megan Benton to fill the newly-created circuit judge...

Jennifer Shea, a youth librarian at the North Kansas City Library, hosted a creepy craft event Tuesday evening, Oct. 10...

GROUP CLEAN-UP DAYS SCHEDULED What's improperly tossed out and left littered can end up in bodies of water, polluting aquatic...