Looking Backward

Country music recording group Blackhawk and country artist Shawn Camp will take the stage at the Platte County Fair Friday...

Platte County’s proposed half cent sales tax for parks, promoted by a county commission comprised of three Republicans, will get...

Captain Roscoe Laurie of St. Joseph of the Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop H is being promoted to the rank...

Imagine meeting the demands of 68,000 customers in one month when they’re all hungry, expect their food to be of...

Effective this week, The Landmark has a new columnist--and his name will be familiar to news junkies in general and...

On Sunday, June 27, 1954 at 4 p.m. Peggy Jean Murdock, daughter of J.W. and Leona Lamar Murdock and Kenneth...

A convicted felon who was the driver in a 1991 traffic crash that killed one person and injured another in...

A West Platte school bus was struck by a car on Tuesday along North Farley Road north of Humphrey’s Road...

Boy Scout Troops 248 and 351 of Platte City and Camden Point Boy Scout Troop left Monday by bus for...

Christine Marie O’Gorman and Timothy Drew Augspurg were married April 2, 1994 at the Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel on Park...

Platte City’s public utilities may be stimulated soon. Platte City was approved to receive funding to increase the size of...

Miss Gem McFarland and Michael Wayne Palmer were united in marriage in a candlelight service on May 11, 1979 at...

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Parkinson, Idaho Falls, Idaho, have announced the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Kristy Jo,...

Platte County Sheriff’s Department officers and other emergency personnel responded to 19015 Humphrey’s Road south of Platte City about 4:45...

A heavy rainstorm swept through Platte County Tuesday evening with up to 70 mile-per-hour winds, large hail and heavy rain....

Platte County Deputy Sheriff Pat Clark displays one of Platte County’s illegal substances. Growing wild around the county are the...

A fire heavy with smoke and short on flames caused a total loss to one of the older houses in...

Mr. and Mrs. L. Kyle Hern of Platte City announce the birth of their son on Wednesday, May 30, 1979...

Mr. and Mrs. L. Kyle Hern of Platte City announce the birth of their son on Wednesday, May 30, 1979...

An armed robber early Tuesday morning got away with cash from the Conoco station along Running Horse Road at Hwy....