Goodbye doesn’t mean forever
This is it. As you may have noticed on the front page, my wife Linda and I have sold The ...
Tag: Nan Johnston
Return to sender: No viable site for a post office move
MANY IN PARKVILLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT RELOCATED by Stacy WiedmaierLandmark reporter Parkville city officials, business owners and residents ...
Looseleaf lettuce, World Cup ‘over-preparedness’
So, is it political season? It sure is. It’s a big reason why you see so many letters to the ...
Car wash festivals, hate speech shirts
Foley texted me last week about the World Cup and I thought the thing was over. Apparently, it keeps on ...
Political tempers, restaurant reviews, Facebook figures
Interesting nugget for you. By the time I got to the scene in hopes of grabbing a photo she was ...
Donnie Soccer, Old Taylor, milk and car washes
Rut ro! Donald got involved in the futboling and now everyone is going to have a political take on FIFA ...
The Fourth, the mayor and Warpaint
World Cup fever is over for some of us. Well, to be blunt, it’s probably over for the majority of ...
Unexpected move brings change in Downtown Parkville
The end of an era, of sorts, in Downtown Parkville. There will be a new chairman of the board for ...
Vance and couches, Skidmore, gas prices, Omaha and such
Vice President JD Vance made a stop in Platte County on Monday. No couches were harmed. It occurred to me ...
Parkville EDC deserves scrutiny, explain Rick Springfield
The Platte County political season is two weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon. Slowly the facts are starting to ...
15 Years Ago–April 20, 2011
Just days after the city’s mayor announced he had hired a public relations firm, the City of Parkville is finding ...
Emotional maturity and mean girl texts
Another dramatic week in Platte County politics. Pretty incredible stuff. You can’t make it up. Well, you could, but if ...
15 Years Ago–Feb. 16, 2011
During halftime of last Friday’s basketball game against Grandview, the 2011 Courtwarming king and queen were announced at Platte County ...
Vehicle inspections, social media meltdowns and such
Between Christmas and New Year’s Day, I was reading one of those year-end summaries of the news in Missouri for ...
Mayor discusses Parkville’s downtown Hwy. 9 project
SIDEWALKS, PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS INCLUDED There is at least a year of design and engineering work ahead before final construction plans ...
Parkville opens satellite police station at Creekside
'BRINGING SERVICES CLOSER TO RESIDENTS,' MAYOR SAYS The City of Parkville marked a major public safety milestone with a ribbon-cutting ...
Parkville launches door-to-door $3 ride service
RIDES FOR RESIDENTS AND STUDENTS The City of Parkville has announced the launch of pilot on-demand, door-to-door ride service known ...
Transparency questioned, right about the data center, city clerk musical chairs
Andrew Champlain of Platte County has been engaging in some back and forth with Platte County officials as he seeks ...
Fall stuff, jumping cities, Chiefs are slow, fiber installation
It’s fall (not officially by the calendar, but you get the picture), and you know how we feel about fall ...
15 Years Ago–Sept. 1, 2010
At yet another meeting of the Parkville Board of Aldermen, the board finally approved the Downtown Community Improvement District (CID) ...
