Opinion

EDITOR: On Tuesday, June 2, Platte City voters have the opportunity to vote on a local use tax. Approving the...

Listen, with COVID-19 and stay at home orders having dominated our spring, I know it's going to be easy for...

We are in week 10? Eleven? Forty-four? of the pandemic-stay-at-home-don't-cough-but-still-go-to-Hy-Vee orders. Time has become a flat circle and I believe...

I am always relieved when the state legislature breaks for the summer. Most of us do not follow state government,...

EDITOR: The 2020 legislative session concluded on May 15. By the time the gavel fell, signaling the end of the...

EDITOR: I would ask the Platte County Health Department to re-evaluate the order it passed that prohibits the selling of...

EDITOR: Hello, I just wanted to convey my appreciation. Wow, just read about your stellar efforts to upgrade your website...

Ken Osmond, the actor who played neighborhood wiseguy Eddie Haskell on the old Leave It to Beaver television series, died...

Welcome to Love Notes From Nan T​his series will consist of a collection of emails that were provided by the...

T​he "brains" behind KC's ridiculous 10-10-10 plan... Would you believe, Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas? Not according to esteemed Westport...

I​​'m still about a week away from my first professional haircut since February. Not that I'm counting down the days...

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Chris Kamler is on assignment. Or hung over. We're not sure. Anyway, here is a 'best of' column...

So far this year we have a relatively rare pandemic, murder hornets and mid-May frosts. I feel like someone should...

EDITOR: The Platte County Jazz Ensemble and its Director, Dr. Matt Bonsignore, would like to thank the sponsors of the...

M​id-May, now it's time to start planting those seedlings. As you know mid-May and/or Mothers' Day it's about as safe...

O​ne of Kansas City's last remaining corporate titans is fighting for its life. The venerable AMC Theatres - founded by...

M​ay garden tips for this area: Spring is here and the garden is beckoning; first dig into the growing season...

T​he Platte County Commission meeting/political pep rally on Monday was either really cool for the commission or really embarrassing for...

EDITOR: The order proposed by the county commission Monday brings on budding bureaucracy, poor policy and dangerous precedent. Coronavirus will...

W​e all know about those "where were you when?" moments throughout our histories. Probably my first one was the Challenger...