Opinion

EDITOR: I just wanted to clarify a few points in the recent article by Debbie Coleman-Topi regarding the recently passed...

EDITOR: The Mid-Continent Public Library has been in the news lately because some members of the Board of Trustees didn't...

Well, the primary election is over. Your thoughts? With an exception or two, there wasn’t a whole lot of significance...

I've been wondering about my permanent record lately. Who keeps those? I feel like I'd like to see about getting...

This whole thing was started, basically, out of spite. I don't mean the opinion column. I don't mean my oddly...

Like most of us, last Tuesday morning was interrupted with a BLUE ALERT on our phones indicating that there was...

I don't really feel like writing this column. Please consider whether you want to keep reading at this point. Honestly,...

A lot of you reading this have been to the Parkville Farmers Market at least once, if not many more...

Jack Danforth was a Republican United States Senator representing Missouri from 1976 until 1995. He was everything people loved in...

Hollywood Casino in Kansas City, Kan. is just a stone’s throw away from Platte County and a very short drive...

Ten. Ten Kansas City Royals did their own research and, effectively, opted for their own selfishness over their team. Okay....

Platte County Fair time is here, good news for those who consider the fair the highlight of their summer. Whether...

I've been thinking lately. We don't elect bearded presidents anymore. Maybe that's the wrong turn we took. Last one was...

And here we are. The pandemic is over.* We return to normal. Lines in the Starbucks drive-thru. Morning radio hosts...

EDITOR: To those who still ride the coattails of former President Trump. It is time to shed yourselves from the...

What a great turnout at the second annual Platte City July 4th Celebration, the daytime event held in downtown Platte...

I can't remember the first game I went to with my dad. Partly, because there were so many. I have...

Andy Griffith died eight years ago this month and I think we can trace most of our current problems in...

Happy 4th of July. Ask your family over for a good time. Bring up Roe v. Wade when you want...

Time is weird. As humans, we have a really strange relationship with time. On the one hand, we can watch...