Between the Lines

Times, they are a-changing. I’m old enough to remember when political campaigns in Platte County were about speaking on the...

So, is it political season? It sure is. It’s a big reason why you see so many letters to the...

Interesting nugget for you. By the time I got to the scene in hopes of grabbing a photo she was...

World Cup fever is over for some of us. Well, to be blunt, it’s probably over for the majority of...

Somebody just told me “I hope your Fourth of July is a bang” and I didn’t know whether to smile...

Let’s talk some World Cup. I’ve had a good time paying attention, even though it has been well documented that...

The end of an era, of sorts, in Downtown Parkville. There will be a new chairman of the board for...

Well, here we are. It’s World Cup time. The four weeks that we’ve been hearing about for four years. We’ve...

I have a financial advisor named Rich. Choosing a financial guy with the name Rich seemed a better choice than...

The other day on Twitter a commenter used the phrase “intentionally obtuse” to describe a particular political faction in today’s...

Vice President JD Vance made a stop in Platte County on Monday. No couches were harmed. It occurred to me...

The Platte County political season is two weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon. Slowly the facts are starting to...

The Platte County 2026 election season is high on crack. As we suggested in a front page story several weeks...

On Friday night we had tickets to see comedian Ron White at Ameristar Casino. Great show. Hilarious. It has been...

How’s the Royals’ season treating you? It has me looking forward to the NFL Draft, and I’m normally not a...

Yesterday on our Facebook page someone referred to Greg Plumb of Park University as Professor Plumb and now I can’t...

Now we can more freely speak about the Italian restaurant coming to Downtown Platte City in the former Shirley’s Fashion...

It doesn’t matter if you always/sometimes/never agreed with his political stances, this much I can say with confidence about retiring...

Scott Fricker’s withdrawal from the race for Platte County presiding commissioner has a faction of the local Republican party scrambling....

Another dramatic week in Platte County politics. Pretty incredible stuff. You can’t make it up. Well, you could, but if...