Commission approves courthouse renovations
JUDGES PREFERRED NEW FACILITY The Platte County Commission approved a plan for specific renovations to the Platte County Courthouse. Approval ...
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Park University making cuts
'Innovative solutions' pledged to changing times A nationwide college financial crisis recently came calling in Platte County when Park University ...
5G, Zombies and me
From the makers of Pizzagate and “The NFL is rigged” comes the latest tinfoil conspiracy theories -- and you're going ...
Proposal for 3-bed ER defeated at state level
WAS SOUGHT WEST OF HWY. 169 ALONG HWY. 152 In a very rare decision, the Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee ...
Future of the courthouse
JUDGES WANT A NEW ONE, ENGINEERS SAY STRUCTURE IS SOUND What does the future hold for the historic Platte County ...
Hotel, car wash planned on N. Chatham
NEAR I-29 AND 64TH STREET Driving down N. Chatham Avenue this week, backhoe loaders, motor graders, and excavators may catch ...
Fair feels early, Dirty Shame music, soccer and pickleball
My calendar feels off. My body clock is definitely awry. Here it is late Tuesday, we’re ready to go to ...
KC Streetcar officials report high levels of ridership
FIRST DAY OF NFL DRAFT SET RECORD FOR RIDERS Saturday, May 6, marked the KC Streetcar's seventh anniversary in downtown ...
Audit: Wood’s accusation of health department unfounded
NO EVIDENCE OF ATTEMPTED 'PROFITEERING' According to an audit, recent accusations from a county commissioner toward the health department have ...
Hurdle cleared for sale of health building
A hurdle has been cleared for the sale of the local health department building to proceed. By a vote of ...
Health officials criticized for using lease/purchase
An exchange of words and information has continued over the past several days between Platte County commissioners and officials from ...
Health director pushes back against county commissioners
WARLEN RESPONDS TO COMMENTS FROM FRICKER AND WOOD In a letter this week, the director of the Platte County Health ...
New commissioner has identified a political enemy
Scott Fricker, the new presiding county commissioner for Platte County, has already identified a political enemy. His enemy is not ...
Sheriff’s office planning to move out of Platte City
New home may be resource center near KCI A plan is in the works that would move the Platte County ...
County getting ready to rearrange some chairs
I don’t think they’re rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, but they are getting ready to rearrange some chairs. ...
Where has the year gone?
READ THIS TO FIND OUT It’s almost over. Where has the year gone? Sometimes the news happens so fast--even here ...
Health officials noting increase in respiratory illnesses
AROUND 300 FLU CASES THUS FAR LOCALLY Like the majority of the United States, Missouri has been experiencing increased respiratory ...
Parson picks general counselor as next AG
Gov. Mike Parson announced that he is appointing Andrew Bailey as the next attorney general of the State of Missouri. ...
New library director hired by Mid-Continent
Mid-Continent Public Library's Board of Trustees approved a contract to hire Aaron B. Mason as the system's new library director ...
Bus driver shortage puts Park Hill in bind
MORE RIDERS, MANY FEWER DRIVERS As the bus driver labor shortage reaches a critical level, Park Hill school officials are ...
