Opinion

Welcome to the new home of The Landmark. Well, you’re not actually sitting in here with me in our new...

I'm not a fan of continued government overreach, but I'm excited about a new law that went into effect on...

Sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Keith Hicklin, noted longtime attorney in Platte County, who passed away...

The year was 1990. It was my first week at college in Columbia, Missouri, and my roommate and I set...

Forty inches of rain last week availed me of the opportunity to binge some Netflix. Try out “Painkiller” when you...

EDITOR: Everything in this article is going to be 'my opinion only.’ A little appraisal humor for Weston that I...

It appears as though the next county counselor for Platte County--to replace the retiring Bob Shaw--will be the office of...

Across the region you can hear the piercing tones of the school bell break through the summer wind. Or that...

Law enforcement officials raided the Marion County (Ks) Record on Friday evening, seizing computers and reporters’ personal cellphones as part...

A lot of football talk in the column this week, because we’re in the dog days of summer and a...

A store clerk asked me last week if I qualified for the “senior” discount. I shot back a quick “no”...

Picture yourself in a boat on a river / with tangerine trees and marmalade skies.Somebody calls you / you answer...

EDITOR: The article by Debbie Coleman-Topi in the Aug. 2, 2023 Landmark, Volume 159, No. 14 about how some of...

It's back to school season which, apparently, starts around the Fourth of July now. Nevertheless, kiddos are grabbing their pencils...

Don't forget that Publisher Foley watches an inordinate amount of pre-season NFL Football and can get your Kansas wager season...

Platte City’s current City Hall building at 400 Main Street will be turned into a community room after the new...

Clay County State Representative Josh Hurlbert direct messaged me on Twitter last Thursday. A picture of six beers (no Bud...

Here’s how bad things are for our Kansas City Royals. A guy from the Royals ticket office called me one...

EDITOR: On March 21, 2022, the Parkville Board of Aldermen accepted the Parkville Ethics Commission report by a vote of...

Last week, violent winds, golf ball sized hail, and torrential rains swept across a city desperate to see any sort...