45 Years Ago

Platte County R-3 teachers Thursday presented the school board a proposed master contract for 1981-82 that includes a raise of...

Scotty Williams brought home the state 167-pound wrestling title from the Missouri 1A-3A tournament held in Columbia over the weekend....

Superintendent Gerald Hart of the Platte County R-3 School District expressed his appreciation from the podium after he was honored...

Crawford Tate, who started barbering in 1927, is retiring from barbering but still has a big job to complete. Tate...

Dr. Richard Calvert is given the oath of office as Platte County coroner by Natholea Dover, deputy county clerk, as...

Winter officially arrived at 10:56 am. on Dec. 21 and the Platte County Red Cross chapter is offering to the...

James R. Cockriel of Platte City loaded up his vehicle Friday morning as he got ready to go out on...

Platte City Chamber of Commerce held an open house at the meeting room at Best Western Motel. Betty Soper, chamber...

Details of the curriculum expansion approved by the West Platte R-2 School Board were explained this week by Dr. Terry...

The West Platte R-2 School Board Monday night approved a plan to expand the district’s curriculum and restated the board’s...

Roland Giffee, the new collector for Platte County, is approaching his new job with the same enthusiasm and attention to...

Rapid progress is being made on the senior citizen housing project in Platte City. Don and Betty Soper donated the...

The Missouri Highway and Transportation Department could use some people like Platte City’s Colleen Dowd and Jodi Frey, who have...

The chance to win awards, see Platte County and learn how to drive to save gas are all part of...

Mock elections are fun, three students of Suzanne Goodpasture at the Platte City Elementary Annex are discovering. Shown with some...

Mayor Truman V. Glenn warned all residents of the City of Platte City to consider carefully the ramifications of Amendment...

The Platte County Administrative Court has approved a resolution of intent to install the 911 emergency phone service at an...

Two inmates who escaped from the Platte County Jail on Monday night were back in the same jail Tuesday morning....

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Alexander, Jr., of Platte City have announced the engagement of their daughter, Edith Marie, to Dale...

New officers were elected at a meeting of the Platte City Chamber of Commerce Thursday and the Chamber officially went...