Wood not fit to serve as next county assessor
EDITOR: Chiefs head coach, Andy Reid has talked about two types of people: The Givers and The Takers. He says ...
Tag: Lawsuits
15 Years Ago–June 24, 2009
Platte City’s public utilities may be stimulated soon. Platte City was approved to receive funding to increase the size of ...
15 Years Ago–June 3, 2009
An armed robber early Tuesday morning got away with cash from the Conoco station along Running Horse Road at Hwy. ...
15 Years Ago–April 22, 2009
Fire protection in the city of Platte City recently received an improved Public Protection Classification (PPC) rating from the Insurance ...
Fighting the war on citizen access to public records
LOCAL SUNSHINE LAW EXPERTS DISCUSS THE TOPIC A panel of specialists delivered a cautionary tale about a mounting war on ...
15 Years Ago–Feb. 4, 2009
Platte County lost a lawsuit brought by residents along Bridle Parc Lane in southern Platte County. The lawsuit was filed ...
15 Years Ago–Jan. 14, 2009
Results from the 2007 audit at the City of Parkville show a total of six “significant deficiencies” in the internal ...
15 Years Ago–Oct. 29, 2008
A former Platte County employee accused of making threats against his former co-workers has pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge ...
Warning signs
I've written in the past in this space about signs and messages on products and how they probably have some ...
Activities association flexes muscle
Something stinks in Jeff City and it smells worse than a football team locker room. But the plus side is ...
Real estate ground zero, farming
Kansas City is ground zero for a major real estate case. Trial is scheduled to begin on Oct. 16 in ...
Keep squeezing the lemon
Law enforcement officials raided the Marion County (Ks) Record on Friday evening, seizing computers and reporters’ personal cellphones as part ...
Restroom usage for trans student subject of lawsuit
ACLU SUING PLATTE COUNTY R-3 SCHOOL DISTRICT A lawsuit filed this week claims the Platte County School District denied a ...
Feds send message to judges about incarcerations
EDITOR: Every judge in America received a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice last month with a simple message:Stop ...
Vanover wins Sunshine Law trial
TWO PUBLIC OFFICIALS REMOVED FROM OFFICE A trial over a Sunshine Law violation resulted in the removal of two public ...
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 ...
Squirrels, power outages, wagering and atmospheres
Another week, another column. Let’s try to get through this with our sanity somewhat intact. Ifs and buts, squirrels and ...
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. ...
Police say former local coach killed wife, self
MURDER/SUICIDE IN DALLAS COUNTY, TEX. A Park Hill High School graduate who later became Park Hill South basketball coach shot ...
Use your voting rights
EDITOR: Leonard A. Leo and Steven G. Calabrese are co-chairs of the Federalist Society For Law and Public Policy Studies, ...
