Looking Backward

A self-employed hairdresser in Platte City now has a pension after winning $25,000 tax paid in Saturday night's SHOW ME...

The search continues for Highway Patrol Officer Fred Guthrie Jr. who was last seen Aug. 1 while performing flood patrol...

The 1981 Platte County Fair Queen is Stephanie West, 18, daughter of Mr and Mrs. Billy Joe West of Kansas...

Ward B. Stuckey, circuit judge of Platte County, sentenced David H. Myszka of Weston to life imprisonment plus 50 years...

An audience participant who volunteered to be apprehended by a military dog as part of a police dog demonstration was...

The costume class was a traditional highlight of the day at the 4-H Horse Show Saturday at the Platte County...

Pageantry, ceremony and celebrities all played a part in making the 133rd annual Platte County Fair a success. The annual...

A 20-year-old Platte City man is facing second degree murder charges after his girlfriend’s father was found beaten to death...

Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Beste have announced the engagement of their daughter, Barbara Ann Beste, to David Ralston, son of...

A man from rural Smithville in Platte County drowned over the weekend during a fishing excursion to the Little Platte...

There’s a new alderman in Weston. Approved by a 2-0 vote Monday night, Weston Mayor C.R. Carter has appointed Tim...

The Platte County R-3 School Board will conduct a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 9, at the Platte...

Under fire. That’s where the West Platte Fire Department finds itself this week. A week after a fire at Old...

Ross Naylor, left, a descendant of Joseph Martin, a descendant of Zed Martin, looks at the document officially proclaiming the...

Last Tuesday, members of the Platte County Sheriff's Department and the Platte County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office began serving 20 narcotics-related...

A downtown Weston business owner who lived in his shop was killed in a fire at the structure Monday evening....

Since March, a small group of Platte Countians have been working to develop a new organization dedicated to helping youth...

Donna Sue Miller, Gower, and Charles (Loren) Reed, Dearborn, are announcing their approaching marriage. The wedding will be held Saturday,...

Two Platte County women received a $375,000 combined settlement in two separate tri-and-fall incidents. Local attorney John Cady, with Cady...

Four students from the Platte County R-3 High School will visit various foreign countries this summer as part of the...