Looking Backward

Platte County voters approved a 10 year extension of the county parks and recreation half cent sales tax. There were...

The city council for the City of Platte City has passed an ordinance calling a special election on Aug. 7...

Carl Layman, Jr. of Easley, South Carolina and Deborah Craven of Platte City have announced their upcoming marriage on July...

A contract with the Platte City Chamber of Commerce failed to be approved by the Platte City Board of Aldermen...

Last year’s fair queen, who also won the title of Missouri State Fair Queen, Anita Vanetti, crowned Miss Crystal Threadgill...

Anne Swaney, daughter of Georgeanne and Jack Swaney of Platte City, was crowned 1994 Platte County Fair Queen Friday night...

Parkville’s Board of Aldermen heard a presentation on the county’s parks and recreation department and the proposed half cent park...

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Morelock of Platte Woods announce the birth of their son on Sunday, July 8, 1979 at...

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...