Voters will decide on hotel/motel sales tax
FUNDS FOR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, ATTRACTIVENESS In the spring election, several issues will be decided by Platte City voters. One of ...
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Dr. Feliz Navidad visits Meritas Health
Nurse Tammy and staff at Meritas Health in Platte City had fun turning their lobby Christmas tree into a Gnome, ...
Marijuana sales tax on ballot in Platte City
THREE PERCENT SALES TAX ON RECREATIONAL WEED PROPOSED There aren’t currently any operating marijuana dispensaries within Platte City, though one ...
City positions could become four-year terms
VOTERS IN PLATTE CITY WILL DECIDE THE QUESTION IN APRIL City officials in Platte City are proposing to change the ...
Former City Hall to be courtroom
COUNTY TO LEASE 400 MAIN FROM PLATTE CITY There will be a new, temporary use for the former City Hall ...
45 Years Ago–Dec. 28, 1979
Truman V. Glenn announces a new name for his store in Downtown Platte City effective Jan. 1, 1980. The store ...
30 Years Ago–Dec. 30, 1994
North Platte will have girls softball team beginning with the 1995-96 school year. The R-1 school board approved adding softball ...
15 Years Ago–Dec. 30, 2009
City crews used a double-team of dump trucks to push huge piles of snow down Platte City’s Main Street Monday ...
Can you guess who does have a ‘forever tax?’
On Friday, Dec. 20 the price of a gallon of gas was $2.43 on North Oak in Kansas City. At ...
Commission has disenfranchised voters
EDITOR: On Monday, Dec. 16, the Platte County Commission board has officially disenfranchised the voters of Platte County. This three-person ...
No excuse for commissioners’ arrogance
EDITOR: There is no excuse or justification for the Platte County Commissioners' arrogant notion that they can choose not to ...
Scott Fricker’s excuses are lame
To Scott Fricker, Platte County Commissioner: Your recent letter to the editor contained some of the lamest excuses for not ...
Santa’s satellite office
IN DOWNTOWN PARKVILLE Santa has a satellite office in Downtown Parkville, and he and Mrs. Santa Claus were busy on ...
City Wonderland
City Wonderland, a holiday-drive-thru around the new City Hall complex at 224 Marshall Road, was hosted by city officials and ...
Platte City deli operation will expand to Parkville
FETTERMAN'S WILL OPEN A SPOT AT CREEKSIDE IN 2025 Two years ago, Scott Fetterman was working 14-16-hour days preparing to ...
45 Years Ago–Dec. 21, 1979
Paul Herman Miller of Farley, Keith Alan Myers and Mark Edwin Wittmeyer of Platte City and Michael John Driskell of ...
30 Years Ago–Dec. 23, 1994
Gregory W. Breeden will be arraigned on one count of passing bad checks in Division I Circuit Court Thursday in ...
15 Years Ago–Dec. 23, 2009
The uphill battle faced to bring a 650-plus home development north of Hwy. 92 and east of Platte City got ...
Remember, elections only count when commissioners say they do
Remember, your vote doesn’t matter unless the Platte County Commission says it does. So be sure to run your opinion ...
A close look at commissioners’ talking points
EDITOR: The voters have spoken but nobody is listening. I watched the three Platte County commissioners vote yes to stop ...