Looking Backward

Karen Seckel was hired as the new principal at North Platte Elementary School at Camden Point. “I was pleased that...

A 23-year-old Iraq war veteran died on Friday, May 23 at the Iatan power plant when a large crane toppled...

Construction has begun on a new office building located across the street from the Platte County Courthouse at Fourth and...

David Wallingford of Platte City shows a big morel mushroom that he and his daughter, Tamara Workman, found underneath a...

A proposed unified development ordinance and zoning map is becoming an important topic at the City of Tracy, with potential...

The final meeting of the Platte City Study Club for this year will be held May 18, 1978 featuring a...

Mr. and Mrs. Warren Jones of Parkville have announced the engagement and upcoming marriage of their granddaughter, Debbie Kay Jones,...

The Platte City Parks and Recreation Board on Monday had to postpone its meeting because the board could not get...

Jan Wren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wren, will receive her BA degree in marketing during commencement exercises at...

Louis Buntin reflects on 28 years as an educator as he sits at his desk at the North Platte Elementary...

With no fanfare and apparently no public disclosure of record, the North Platte School District has applied for the A+...

Five Boy Scouts of Platte City Troop 248 were among the 211 Scouts to become Eagle Scouts in the Spring...

Mr. and Mrs. Dale Totten of Kansas City have announced the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Malissa Dawn,...

An appeal by the developer of the Beverly Plaza proposal was denied by the Platte County Commission on Thursday with...

The Platte County Commission Thursday authorized a sales tax for law enforcement to be placed on the ballot in the...

A suspicious item was discovered in the dumpster at the Trex Mart convenience store in Tracy on Monday about 9...

Tracy residents reported some minor damage due to tornado-like winds the evening of April 5. On the fairgrounds property, a...

Mike Bigus, a senior at Platte County R-3, has signed a letter of intent to play football next season at...

At Tuesday’s municipal election in Platte City, former mayor Frank Offutt beat incumbent Dave Brooks with 64% of the votes...

Rudy Fleshman, cubmaster of Pack 401, Camden point, and assistant scoutmaster Troop 640 recently received his Sachem recognition in the...