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This is it. Kansas City, your Super Bowl is just a few days away. Don't forget to enjoy the moment....

I just got a spam email saying "your prostate is the size of a lemon" and now I don't know...

Heads up, it's a big election year in Platte County. It starts, of course, with municipal elections in April when...

"I have been patiently waiting for your column on our old friend, the late great Legend, Shake Pepper. You did...

Happy New Year! Starting Wednesday we'll all have 2020 vision. Or something like that. With all the changes in the...

And so this is Christmas. I hope you have fun. In order to allow our staff to enjoy both Christmas...

I have a hard time sitting still for long periods of time. I recognize this is a flaw in my...

Edwin Dean Pepper, Jr.--known to almost no one by that name, because to the world he was Shaker--passed away unexpectedly...

It’s been a sputtering start for the 11-member committee appointed by the Platte County Commission to study the county’s sales...

This Thanksgiving I will not sit idly by and tolerate words of slander against pumpkin pie. Please give pumpkin pie...

Platte County, by virtue of a 3-0 vote among the current Platte County Commission, is giving away 80 acres of...

The City of Parkville has ignited some red alerts, if you will. The city raised another red flag this week...

It’s official. The Paseo is back to being The Paseo, thanks to 70 percent of the voters in Kansas City...

The City of Parkville isn’t the only local tax supported entity getting a bit ridiculous in the handling of public...

Welcome back to Between the Lines. The ink is black. The page is white. Together we learn to read and...

Things are getting more interesting at the City of Parkville. As you’ll see in a story elsewhere in this issue,...

Let’s start at the beginning. As in Old Spice’s beginning. Available in stores since 1938, Old Spice after shave had...

Downtown Platte City. Also known as East Hollywood. Say what? Forty-five years ago this month, in October of 1974, a...

Happy fall, everybody. October, the month that brings my favorite weather of the year, begins next week. Let’s get this....

I’ve been holding off on making this declaration because you never want to be too quick with something like this....