The Parkville budget presentation
EDITOR: I just read Gordon Cook's letter to the editor in the Oct. 9 edition and I applaud him for ...
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Let’s try sprinting to the finish
Starting this Wednesday morning/finish a column/press day with a breakfast of champions: leftover frozen pizza. Sorry for the not-so-humblebrag. It ...
City is moving toward a mini empire
EDITOR: This letter below was sent to the Parkville Board of Aldermen this week. I attended the Oct. 1, 2024 ...
15 Years Ago–Oct. 7, 2009
The unexpected death of an active Downtown Parkville businessman shook his customers, friends, family and fellow business people over the ...
Opposing two tax increases on Nov. 5
EDITOR: On the Nov. 5 election ballot, there will be two questions with vague wording that will be forever taxes ...
The money in local politics; outdoor concert season finales
A little baseball and a lot of local political updates, specifically more of our “follow the money” local campaign finance ...
Pro-jail tax group spent its dollars
Wow. Things are looking not so Royal blue at the moment (Wednesday morning). Our favorite baseball team needs the Heimlich ...
Learning about life at or below the poverty line
SIMULATION PROVIDES REAL-LIFE CHALLENGES Organizers of a poverty simulation assigned identities and family situations to a group of Park University ...
Parkville Farmers Market Design
This is a rendering of the newly-planned Parkville Farmers Market structure. The final plans were approved recently at a joint ...
30 Years Ago–Sept. 16, 1994
Jessica Lyn Schmollinger and James Clifton Thatcher II exchanged wedding vows June 11 at Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel in Parkville. ...
Transfer of power and glimpses of county sunshine
After eight years in the position, Dagmar Wood must give up her role as first district Platte County commissioner on ...
Molotov cocktail thrown at bank ATM
FBI AND PARKVILLE POLICE INVESTIGATING The FBI and Parkville Police Department were notified this morning of damage that occurred overnight ...
St. Louis World’s Fair with a Platte County flair
EXHIBIT AT THE BEN FERREL PLATTE COUNTY MUSEUM Can you imagine the excitement of winning a gold, silver or bronze ...
15 Years Ago–Sept. 2, 2009
Will the publicly-operated Platte County Regional Sewer District attempt to intervene? That’s the question this week surrounding the issue of ...
Did his recruiters give Fricker a personality assessment?
His embarrassing outbursts are putting Platte County taxpayers at risk. Remember in my Aug. 14 column when I mentioned that ...
Fricker’s comments put county at risk
ATTORNEYS: COUNTY 'VICARIOUSLY LIABLE' FOR HIS CONDUCT A public document obtained by The Landmark shows that attorneys for Jason Maki, ...
Connecting section will link new trail to Thousand Oaks
BIDS SOUGHT FOR 3/4 MILE CONNECTOR A connecting section of trail that will attach the Brush Creek Trail to the ...
A big weekend ready in Downtown Parkville
PARKVILLE DAYS FESTIVAL IS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY The Parkville Days celebration, one of Downtown Parkville’s biggest events, is ready to ...
Cook’s financial breakdown sealed it
EDITOR: I wanted to commend you on the outstanding community service you provided with true first class journalism regarding the ...
‘David vs. Goliath’
FARR DESCRIBES HIS VICTORY FOR DAGMAR WOOD No doubt one of the biggest eye-opening results from the Aug. 6 primary ...
