Looking Backward

The Platte County R-3 High School band students participated in the district music festival at Liberty on Saturday, March 31....

Civil War reenactors Jim Kimsey and Bob Werline set up camp outside Platte City Middle School last week to give...

Fire protection in the city of Platte City recently received an improved Public Protection Classification (PPC) rating from the Insurance...

The city’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) will expand after a contentious discussion by Platte City’s Board of Aldermen. A resolution...

Wedding vows were exchanged between Miss Gayle Annette Edwards and Mr. Glen Higley on Sunday, March 25 at the First...

Platte City has a new city administrator. Ann Daniels of Gladstone was elected as the number one choice by the...

The Platte County R-3 School Board will have a new member at the next meeting. Jeana Houlahan, newcomer, and Karen...

Dr. Gayden Carruth will become superintendent of the Park Hill R-5 School District effective July 1, 1994, the board of...

The Pharmacy at Price Chopper held a ribbon cutting ceremony last week, hosted by the Platte City Chamber of Commerce....

Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Grafton of Plattsburg will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at a reception in their honor on...

Married on Oct. 23, 1993 in Platte City were Heather Michelle Crane and Monte L. Wright of Platte City. Parents...

Despite the “closing” of I-29 from 10 p.m. last Friday night till 6 a.m. Saturday morning, at 4:30 a.m. the...

Mrs. James Higgins, regent for the Platte County Purchase Chapter DAR, received word this week that Esther Lutes, niece of...

Bill and Betty Knight, Platte City, celebrated their 25th anniversary on Jan. 26, 1994. Their children, Michelle and Carrie, hosted...

Dennis Fisher will remain at the helm of Platte County’s largest school district another three years. On Thursday, the Park...

The annual antique show to benefit the American Field Service (AFS) program at the Platte County R-3 High School will...

Mary Winn Hymer, 90, a linotype operator for about 40 years at The Landmark Newspaper, died Monday, March 7 at...

The Barry School and Northland Career Center were recently listed in an investigation into health inspections at Kansas City area...

Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Milliman of Platte City announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Janette, to...

Dave and Mary Ann Brooks want the human bones that were found in their Platte City business building basement recently,...