15 Years Ago

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...

A letter distributed at the Platte City Chamber of Commerce’s monthly meeting Thursday and in email form to select members...

A highly-traveled bridge along Barry Road over Rush Creek was closed on Friday morning by the Kansas City Public Works...

The Platte County Commission on Thursday awarded a bid for a new cooling tower for the Platte County Administration Building....

Platte City will have a new city administrator beginning Sept. 1. The board of aldermen voted 6-0 to hire Jason...

Between the Lines column by Ivan Foley: The humble and tiny burg of Tracy--best known for its political in-fighting and...

Pack another meaningful award into the equipment bag of longtime Platte County Pirate head football coach Chip Sherman. Sherman, who...