Opinion

This was the first week of Major League Baseball. As we've mentioned in the past couple of weeks, many of...

The year was 2012. I was working at a company in the River Market area basically answering phones as tech...

You are reading a fully vaccinated columnist. Feel free to take your mask off. I had my second Pfizer dose...

EDITOR: During the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt used the promise of federal money and jobs to strong-arm states to...

If you drive through Platte City with any regularity, you likely noticed all the potholes that developed on Hwy. 92...

Since the advent of streaming television, one thing I've been pleased about is that I don't have to watch as...

I feel like a lot of us are short-changed on our initials. I see lots of lawyers that use an...

EDITOR: Regarding the March 10 letter to the editor: "Politics doesn't belong in public health." I agree with the title...

EDITOR: The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened public awareness of the Platte County Health Department and of the elected Board of...

EDITOR: I am a resident and taxpayer in the Platte R-3 school district, and I urge voters to consider carefully...

EDITOR: We watched and listened to the "zoom" meeting on March 16 during the period of time in which callers...

EDITOR: As promised here is the official amount of classroom seats promised by the Platte County R-3 School District with...

As you'll see on our front page, discussions are underway about possibilities for usage of the $20 million in federal...

EDITOR: I would like to thank The Landmark Newspaper for informing us about the Metropolitan Community College tax levy. I...

The hit-making boys of Florida Georgia Line don't get the musical respect they deserve. Discuss. I mean, we can disagree...

EDITOR: Are you planning to vote on Tuesday, April 6? This is the annual municipal election and voter turnout is...

EDITOR: Voters in the Northland are used to making difficult choices when it comes to tax increases. Sometimes we approve...

EDITOR: Deja vu. After two failed attempts at paid positions in Platte County, retired city worker/bureaucrat, David Park, is at...

EDITOR: I would like to bring to the attention of the voters of Platte County a candidate who is perfect...

I owe my readers an apology. I've been wasting this space with various political, economic and sports opinions. I spit...