Looking Backward

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,...

The Star’s loss is a gain for The Landmark and its readers. Hearne Christopher, Jr., who for years wrote a...

Shane Smither is shown with his valentine box made over a toy Jeep like a U.S. Mail truck. Postmaster Billy...

Bones were found in the basement of the former Main Street Community Theatre building, 246 Main in Platte City, last...

The Phillips 66 gas station at the intersection of Hwy. 92 and the Hwy. 45 Spur east of the Centennial...

Another snow fell Thursday morning, covering up the dirty stuff we had scooped out of the roads, driveways and walks....