County’s jail tax idea failed in every precinct
Opponents to Platte County’s proposed 20-year half cent sales tax for a 471-bed jail pitched a shutout. The tax was ...
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Prop C waiver passes, ambulance tax hike narrowly approved
RESULTS LISTED FOR CONTESTED RACES THROUGHOUT PLATTE COUNTY Turnout throughout Platte County was 11.7% as voters decided multiple issues and ...
Municipal election is Tuesday
ELECTION OFFICIALS ANTICIPATE 10% VOTER TURNOUT Municipal elections involving area cities, school districts, fire districts, ambulance districts and other entities ...
Elections, power outages, new structures
IT'S PART 3 OF THE 2022 YEAR-IN-REVIEW The final four months of 2022 continued an onslaught of local news, with ...
Weed becomes legal in Missouri on Dec. 8
That a majority of local voters were in favor of a legalizing recreational marijuana was probably not a surprise to ...
Parkville wants to limit options for use tax funds
CLAUSE WILL SET SPENDING RESTRICTIONS A delay on progress for a use tax proposal at the City of Parkville. After ...
Use tax back on the table at City of Parkville
WOULD A THIRD TRY BE THE CHARM? A year after the idea was dismissed by voters for a second time, ...
45 Years Ago–November 11, 1977
Mr. and Mrs. John Hancock returned home Saturday from a two and a half week trip to New York and ...
15 Years Ago–Oct. 17, 2007
The Platte County Sheriff’s Department recently reported two “stranger danger” situations in Platte County’s Misty Woods housing addition near Parkville. ...
15 Years Ago–September 26, 2007
The Platte County Sheriff’s Department responded to the Green Hills Nature Sanctuary between Parkville and Riverside along Hwy 9 Saturday ...
Realignment likely for county commission districts
Moving Lake Waukomis to district one is proposed Redistricting is in the works for the geographical areas represented by the ...
Parkville voters overwhelmingly reject use tax
City's proposal defeated with 64% opposed Voters in the City of Parkville on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected the city's proposal for ...
Weston’s numbers; business vs business; Foley’s Forecast
The newest COVID vaccinations rates by zip code were gathered from the Platte County Health Department on Tuesday afternoon. We ...
Recent history at Lake Waukomis
EDITOR: Last fall, I joined the Lake Waukomis group moderated by Jim Edwards to get feedback on a proposition for ...
45 Years Ago–April 30, 1976
Karl Rice, a 28-year-old resident of Weston and a former Missouri State Highway Patrol officer, became the second person to ...
Let’s talk in code
The hit-making boys of Florida Georgia Line don't get the musical respect they deserve. Discuss. I mean, we can disagree ...
15 Years Ago–March 2, 2006
A winning $200,000 Powerball ticket will be split nine ways among six Platte County R-3 teachers and three R-3 maintenance ...
45 Years Ago–February 27, 1976
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Buxton of Weston announce the birth of their daughter, Valerie Sue, on Sunday, Feb. 22, 1976 ...
15 Years Ago–December 8, 2005
At Platte County R-3 in Platte City, construction workers are working diligently toward their Dec. 19 goal of having the ...
Retaliation alleged at Platte Woods
Former police officers file lawsuit against city Three former Platte Woods police officers who brought government wrongdoings they discovered in ...
