Looking Backward

After about three weeks of paperwork and planning and waiting a long time for a fire permit, the Central Platte...

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train rear-ended another BNSF train in extreme northern Platte County on Sunday morning. There were...

Mock elections are fun, three students of Suzanne Goodpasture at the Platte City Elementary Annex are discovering. Shown with some...

An old abandoned farm house located on Hwy. 92 east of I-29 near the new water standpipe was destroyed Tuesday...

The Platte County Health Department has had some complaints about door-to-door meat vendors. These mobile meat vendors are not licensed...

Mayor Truman V. Glenn warned all residents of the City of Platte City to consider carefully the ramifications of Amendment...

San S. Hean will be sentenced Thursday, Oct. 26 for the shooting incident that occurred at Park Hill High School...

Park Hill South High School in Riverside sustained significant vandalism Saturday night, with damage estimates ranging from $7,000 to $10,000....

The Platte County Administrative Court has approved a resolution of intent to install the 911 emergency phone service at an...

Sonny Hill Motors of Platte City had the privilege of being able to host the Past, Present and Future tour...

A Platte County judge on Tuesday issued a renewal of a protection order for a Parkville businessman against a Parkville...

Two inmates who escaped from the Platte County Jail on Monday night were back in the same jail Tuesday morning....

Katie O’Brien, senior, was crowned Platte County R-3 Homecoming Queen at the Pirates’ football game with the Cameron Dragons on...

A 17-year-old Platte City girl is “mortified,” says Det. Al Devalkenaere with the Platte City Police Department after having discovered...

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Alexander, Jr., of Platte City have announced the engagement of their daughter, Edith Marie, to Dale...

Platte County High School Homecoming king and queen candidates are Stephanie Pender, Dana Matt, Carrie Knight, Tracey Rogge, Lisa Wade,...

A Platte County Circuit Court judge was correct in issuing an order of protection for a Parkville businessman against a...

New officers were elected at a meeting of the Platte City Chamber of Commerce Thursday and the Chamber officially went...

Brenna L. Davidson and Dewayne L. Gouldsmith both of Bates City, Mo., were united in marriage on Sept. 2, 1995...

The white-tailed deer population is a problem in Parkville as the human population and herds multiply. “The deer population is...