Between the Lines

Will Platte County be getting another circuit court division soon? Platte County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Fincham appeared before the...

Listen guys, grilling season is almost here. At least at my house. Maybe it already started at your place but...

If you needed another reason to oppose the idea of a large expansion of the Platte County Jail in downtown...

Central Platte Fire District is taking steps to professionalize the leadership inside the fire department. This is a good thing....

If you didn’t know this already, now you do: one of my favorite area bands, The Zeros, will be in...

Hey Parkville voters, you approved the wrong tax question this week. You voted in a new half cent sales tax...

Never underestimate the value of rotating your mattress occasionally. Got back pain and hitting the bottle of pain pills for...

We have some good news. Electrical outages in Platte City have slowed way down in recent months. Wait, did the...

I feel obligated to draw your attention to Hearne Christopher’s column on page 3. As we teased last week, Hearne...

Gotta admit I’m shocked that our columnist Hearne Christopher on page 3 did not have a piece this week about...

We told you recently that some personnel changes have happened within the Central Platte Fire Department. Larry Bigus, longtime fire...

How does Joe Vanover, second district county commissioner, feel about the dispute over the deed for the health department property...

I don’t mean to brag but I just ate an entire sleeve of Girl Scout cookies. The iconic shortbreads.Get your...

Scott Fricker, the new presiding county commissioner for Platte County, has already identified a political enemy. His enemy is not...

At Between the Lines headquarters, we’ve been hearing the buzz on the streets over the past month or two. Based...

I don’t think they’re rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, but they are getting ready to rearrange some chairs....

Gonna give you some nuggets and tidbits this week. Just to prove that every once in a while we can...

Can’t quite put my finger on it but there was something very different yet oddly the same about last week’s...

Tragic scene during the Monday Night Football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills. You’re likely familiar with most...

My goodness, the Rams did a lot of unspeakable things to the Broncos on Jesus’ birthday. Seemed unchristian. Today I...