Looking Backward

Weather was the major topic of conversation as heavy snowfall and frigid temperatures hit the area last week. Although the...

Big smiles appeared in the Wegner family Wednesday as elder son Zac signed a letter of intent to play football...

The owner of a liquor store in Platte City is sitting in the Platte County Jail this week, being held...

After a brief snow flurry last Friday night and Saturday morning, Platte Countians felt lucky to have received a scant...

A 50th wedding anniversary reception for Bill and Ann Chesnut will be held Sunday, Feb. 5, 1995 from 1-4 p.m....

‘Try to be as open and honest as possible.’ With those words, Irv Jensen of Smart Solutions Group kicked off...

A surprise 25th wedding anniversary celebration honoring Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Elam of Excelsior Springs was hosted by their daughter...

Platte County R-3 School District officials say the current system for dismissing students could be safer and less expensive. Rob...

Platte County R-3 School District officials say the current system for dismissing students could be safer and less expensive. Rob...

Platte City firefighters were kept busy Thursday, Jan. 10, responding to calls. The first occurred at 2:30 p.m. at the...

Unseasonably mild weather has helped the progress of construction on the new Hwy. 92 bridge across the Platte River at...

The Missouri Department of Transportation estimates that about 1,020 vehicles travel over the Hwy. HH (Main Street) bridge over I-29...

The Platte City Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of a car on fire at the Bello Mondo Apartments...

Platte County R-3 swimmer Josh Hulett’s time of 1:06.7 in the 100 meter breast stroke at the Jan. 4 meet...

The Missouri Department of Transportation plans to replace the Route HH Bridge over I-29 at Platte City later this year....

Truman V. Glenn announces a new name for his store in Downtown Platte City effective Jan. 1, 1980. The store...

North Platte will have girls softball team beginning with the 1995-96 school year. The R-1 school board approved adding softball...

City crews used a double-team of dump trucks to push huge piles of snow down Platte City’s Main Street Monday...

Paul Herman Miller of Farley, Keith Alan Myers and Mark Edwin Wittmeyer of Platte City and Michael John Driskell of...

Gregory W. Breeden will be arraigned on one count of passing bad checks in Division I Circuit Court Thursday in...