15 Years Ago

The Star’s loss is a gain for The Landmark and its readers. Hearne Christopher, Jr., who for years wrote a...

The Phillips 66 gas station at the intersection of Hwy. 92 and the Hwy. 45 Spur east of the Centennial...

Platte County lost a lawsuit brought by residents along Bridle Parc Lane in southern Platte County. The lawsuit was filed...

The Rancho Grande Cantina restaurant in Platte City was torn down this week to make way for a new Walgreens...

Results from the 2007 audit at the City of Parkville show a total of six “significant deficiencies” in the internal...

Parkville has a new police chief after the board of aldermen voted to hire Kevin Chrisman on Tuesday night. The...

The penalty is $12 million for attempting to manipulate milk futures and two Platte County residents are involved. The U.S....

He has the top job and a new baby. Mike Reik was announced as the new Platte County R-3 superintendent...

Platte City has a new alderman, and also a new board president. At a board of aldermen meeting Tuesday night,...

Smokers can still light up in Parkville. Patrons of Parkville restaurants and bars can still smoke after the board of...

The list of possibilities to replace Dr. Mark Harpst as Platte County R-3 superintendent has been narrowed down to five...

It wasn’t his victory that raised some eyebrows. It was the overwhelming margin of victory. Incumbent Republican Congressman Sam Graves...

A former Platte County employee accused of making threats against his former co-workers has pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge...

Bill Hankins, who has photographed people and events in Platte County for The Landmark the past several years, has been...

The Parkville Chamber of Commerce met Thursday, Oct. 9 at Hillcrest Ministries Thrift Store. Parkville Chamber President Bill Quitmeier welcomed...

A decision by the Platte County Planning and Zoning Commission to deny the preliminary plat for the Lake at Tomahawke...

The controversial Union Chapel Elementary School sewer construction project is on hold after the Park Hill Board of Education meeting...

The death of Valentin G. Kirilchuk, 39, of Springfield at the I-29 rest area south of Dearborn has been ruled...

Again this week, several hundred households in Platte County are receiving a sample copy of The Landmark, Platte County’s leader...

Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser met on Friday with some local officials at the Barry Road Bridge over Rush Creek...