Between the Lines

Here’s some business news for you to kick things off this week. A Love’s Travel Stop location is coming to...

Been a bit of a rough week for me, if you want to know the truth. Today I was verbally...

More by accident than by design, at least once a week in this column some random topic seems to come...

How’s this weather treating you? Fine, thanks for asking. We’ve had temps in the 50s, 60s, even 70s here in...

Always keeping a finger on the pulse of the people of Platte County. There’s a lot going on in the...

Has the 2026 local political scene been wild enough for you? It’s certainly keeping most of us in the media...

Between Christmas and New Year’s Day, I was reading one of those year-end summaries of the news in Missouri for...

It is almost, but not quite, full blown campaign season in Platte County. Much going on and much more rumored...

Foley food advice. Buffalo Wild Wings ain’t it. It’s not even close to what it used to be. For good...

Wild and crazy. There is plenty of copy, plenty of columns to write based on the nearly two-hour budget discussion...

Welcome back to Between the Lines. And now, without further ado--because, let’s be honest, nobody likes ado--let’s get on with...

Here is a day after Christmas treat for you. The Landmark’s Chris Kamler, our Rambling Moron columnist on page 3...

Thumbs up to Kansas City drivers for a job well done in calendar year 2025, apparently. Through Dec. 16, there...

Travis Kelce just dropped another pass. Let’s talk gas prices. I’ve mentioned previously that of all the random topics that...

Help. Guys, I’ve been informed I’ll be watching at least one Hallmark Christmas movie this year. And it is scheduled...

Welcome to the week of Thanksgiving. I’ve written this in previous years and I’ll repeat it for newcomers. Even though...

We keep hearing gasoline prices are down. Right? We’ve heard that message out of Washington, D.C. for months now. But...

As you’ll see on our front page, the Platte County Salary Commission comprised of the current elected county officials voted...

I’m back in The Landmark saddle after a few days on the road visiting our oldest daughter and family in...

Platte City Chamber of Commerce officials have decided to stick with clear as the official color for downtown holiday lights...