15 Years Ago

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,...

Platte County School Board member Dave Holland, student Diane Miller, board member Karen Wagoner, board president Bob Shaw, student Nick...

More than 50 interested people attended an open town hall hosted by Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser last Wednesday evening...

An investigation is continuing and more charges may be forthcoming from a fatality incident at Northmoor early Sunday morning. A...

Will the publicly-operated Platte County Regional Sewer District attempt to intervene? That’s the question this week surrounding the issue of...

Gary Witt has been nominated to fill the third of three vacancies on the Missouri Court of Appeals in the...

The local economy may not exactly be booming, but the combination of general sales tax receipts plus income from the...

Platte County voters approved a 10 year extension of the county parks and recreation half cent sales tax. There were...

A contract with the Platte City Chamber of Commerce failed to be approved by the Platte City Board of Aldermen...

Parkville’s Board of Aldermen heard a presentation on the county’s parks and recreation department and the proposed half cent park...

Platte County’s proposed half cent sales tax for parks, promoted by a county commission comprised of three Republicans, will get...

Effective this week, The Landmark has a new columnist--and his name will be familiar to news junkies in general and...

A West Platte school bus was struck by a car on Tuesday along North Farley Road north of Humphrey’s Road...

Platte City’s public utilities may be stimulated soon. Platte City was approved to receive funding to increase the size of...

Platte County Sheriff’s Department officers and other emergency personnel responded to 19015 Humphrey’s Road south of Platte City about 4:45...