Looking Backward

Ralph Shackelford, Platte City, was inducted into the Missouri 4-H Hall of Fame at a special ceremony Aug. 12 at...

Circulation of library materials for 1991-92 at the Mid-Continent Public Library reached an all-time record with 5,161,151 items circulated. This...

The Parkville Board of Aldermen approved a letter of support on Tuesday to be sent to the Missouri department ofTransportation...

Final contract between Platte County Historical Society and the Platte Purchase Chapter D.A.R. have been completed on the Ben Ferrel...

Construction of a third runway at KCI is expected to be completed by the end of the year, airport officials...

On Friday, July 20 at the Platte County Fair, a man was arrested by the Platte County Sheriff’s Department for...

New changes to security measures at KCI will take effect on Saturday, Aug. 4. The new measures include the lifting...

John M. Reineke, 58, a farmer and businessman from Parkville, Mo., has filed for presiding judge of the Platte County...

Mrs. Anne Jones, superintendent of the Platte County Fair Queen Contest, presented the Miss Congeniality Award to Julie Mobley, 18,...

An apparent one-man, 30-pair panty raid has put a Kansas City man in trouble with the law. A 22-year-old KC...

Married June 4 in the Camden Point Baptist Church yard were Dena Hawkins and Randall Z. Parsons. The bride is...

Jerome and Pauline Middleton of Smithville will celebrate their 67th wedding anniversary with a gathering on July 12, 1992 at...

The City of Parkville will hold a hometown open house on Saturday, July 7 from 10 a.m. to noon at...

Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Lamar were hosts for a noon buffet and afternoon open house Sunday, June 12 in honor...

Navy Lt. Robert W. Dill, son of Pat S. Dill of Kansas City in Platte County, recently received the Navy...

Dr. Mark Harpst says he won't serve beyond his current contract at Platte County R-3, which expires in two years....

Rev. Eugene McFarland read the marriage vows at the Barry Church June 11 for Miss Vickie Edmonds and Wayne Moore....

The engagement of Michelle Lee Capps, Kansas City, to Darren Wayne Baker, Kansas City, has been announced. The bride-to-be is...

Several thousand people attended Parkville's River Jam festival in English Landing Park on Friday and Saturday. The 12th annual Blues,...

United in marriage on May 21 at First Christian Church of Platte City were Judy K. Cox, daughter of Mr....