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Don't know if you've heard but there was a riot in the Platte County Jail. Not sure how they did...

Hey. I don't trust weather forecasters all that much. Through the years I've come to the conclusion there's a tendency...

We were saddened to hear the news of the passing of Ron Porter, former alderman in Platte City, over the...

For a while now the price of gasoline at the Camden Point exit along I-29 has been $2.85 per gallon....

I'm old enough to remember when Goodcents was Mr. Goodcents. Apparently he no longer identifies as male. I'm also old...

Welcome to the first Between the Lines of 2022. It won't be the last. I'll try to convince you that's...

Watching the Lifetime channel's airing of "Rebuilding a Dream Christmas," the movie filmed in Weston during the summer of 2020,...

Let's start with a heartfelt wish for a Merry Christmas to all of you. Those of us at Between the...

When you think of Christmas, you think of Guy Speckman and Ivan Foley sitting around talking about feel-good Hallmark-style holiday...

If you're an attorney and you haven't yet been hired by the City of Parkville please raise your hand and...

Here we are back at it at The Landmark, printing on an accelerated schedule for the fourth consecutive week. Two...

It's Thanksgiving Week. Though it adds to the early-week work load around a weekly newspaper, it's one of my favorite...

Dave Rittman, Parkville alderman, is kind of a quirky dude. I know him a little bit but not well. I...

Another unsolicited, unpaid Between the Lines endorsement: It's hard to go wrong with most barbecue places in and around KC,...

Parkville voters made a loud statement at the ballot box on Tuesday. They curb-stomped the city's use tax proposal, with...

A retired federal agent called our office out of the blue this week and started talking about all the goings-on...

Authorities this week officially confirmed for The Landmark what some of us have been hinting at for weeks now: There's...

If you're playing along at home, here's how your scorecard for Parkville Mayor Nan Johnston should look now: *Criminal convictions:...

You will find this hard to believe--or maybe you won't find this hard to believe--but the United States Postal Service...

Since I fancy myself your favorite gas buddy, here's your latest gas price update. First, apparently we have better quality...