15 Years Ago

Several candidates for elected positions in Platte County were at the board of elections office early Tuesday when the filing...

The employer from whom Karen Backues, local businesswoman, is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars has filed a...

The owner of a liquor store in Platte City is sitting in the Platte County Jail this week, being held...

‘Try to be as open and honest as possible.’ With those words, Irv Jensen of Smart Solutions Group kicked off...

Platte County R-3 School District officials say the current system for dismissing students could be safer and less expensive. Rob...

The Missouri Department of Transportation estimates that about 1,020 vehicles travel over the Hwy. HH (Main Street) bridge over I-29...

The Missouri Department of Transportation plans to replace the Route HH Bridge over I-29 at Platte City later this year....

City crews used a double-team of dump trucks to push huge piles of snow down Platte City’s Main Street Monday...

The uphill battle faced to bring a 650-plus home development north of Hwy. 92 and east of Platte City got...

It is a move first reported in recent weeks by The Landmark and Platte County Presiding Commissioner Betty Knight made...

Platte City Mayor Frank Offutt just finished filling a vacant post on the board of aldermen last month. Now he’s...

Flags outside schools in the Park Hill School District are flying at half mast this week in honor of a...

The superintendent of the Leavenworth, Kan. School District has pled guilty to a charge of driving while intoxicated in Parkville....

Platte County officeholders are reconsidering a pay raise given to their offices last month after revenue projections show a trend...

Platte City Mayor Frank Offutt announced on Thursday that after much consideration and interviewing several candidates, he has chosen former...

Platte County Presiding Commissioner Betty Knight and Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon greeted each other after a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday...

Police are now actively looking for a Parkville woman who is a person of interest in the death of her...

Platte County’s elected officeholders in essence gave themselves a thumbs up on Monday, approving a motion that will increase officeholder...

The unexpected death of an active Downtown Parkville businessman shook his customers, friends, family and fellow business people over the...

A Weston police officer has been arrested and charged with selling a controlled substance near a school. Kyle Zumbrunn, 26,...