Jail proposal is about excess capacity and selling side deals
EDITOR: Seeing your front-page headline “Fricker: ‘We're going to have excess capacity, clearly’ and the accompanying story about “Clinton County ...
Tag: Public Safety
Platte County’s jail population could easily be reduced
EDITOR: Do we need a new jail or new judges, prosecutors and county commissioners? Are judges, the prosecutor and sheriff ...
Supporting statewide Amendment 4
EDITOR: On Aug. 6, Missourians will go to the polls to cast votes in the primary for candidates vying for ...
Troy Miller steps down as Platte City alderman
REPLACEMENT BEING SOUGHT IN WARD TWO Troy Miller has resigned his seat on the Platte City Board of Aldermen. Mayor ...
Closure set on Hwy. 152 Sunday morning
NEAR N. CONGRESS AVENUE IN PLATTE COUNTY A full closure of an area of Hwy. 152 in Platte County is ...
Fricker’s performance at jail tax forum
EDITOR: Platte County Presiding Commissioner Scott Fricker made a number of interesting statements at Monday night's jail tax forum hosted ...
Commission: Fiscal conservatism means ‘managing assets’
EDITOR: Platte County’s inmate detention facility is overcrowded, outdated and unsafe. For nearly 10 years, various solutions to this problem ...
45 Years Ago–July 20, 1979
Last year’s fair queen, who also won the title of Missouri State Fair Queen, Anita Vanetti, crowned Miss Crystal Threadgill ...
Shooting in apparent domestic violence incident
ON NW WOODY CREEK ROAD IN SOUTHERN PLATTE COUNTY On Tuesday morning about 6 a.m., deputies with the Platte County ...
Thoughts on the jail tax and assessor’s race
EDITOR: Short and Sweet, "If not now, when?" Five years ago there was a measure on the ballot to get ...
Barbecue tip, successful 4th, county playing games with inmate numbers
Here’s a dining tip. Next time you’re hankerin’ for some barbecue, try The Smokehouse restaurant in Zona Rosa. The key ...
Recorder makes allegations that are refuted by auditor
Platte County Recorder of Deeds Christopher Wright last week issued a press release accusing Rob Willard’s Platte County Treasurer’s Office ...
Jail tax proposal will be topic in Parkville
On Monday, July 15, a Community Town Hall Forum at the Parkville Living Center will feature presentations pro and con ...
County auditor says jail plan has formula errors
ROBINSON: COUNTY COMMISSION'S INFORMATION IS 'SUSPECT' The financial model used by the Platte County Commission as the foundation for its ...
Driver charged in triple fatality crash
ALLEGED WRONG-WAY DRIVER ON I-29 A man is accused of killing three people while allegedly driving the wrong way on ...
Jail tax will be topic at Republican meeting
ON JULY 15 AT 10015 N. AMBASSADOR DRIVE, STE. 206 The Platte County Federated Republican Women's club will meet Monday, ...
15 Years Ago–July 1, 2009
A West Platte school bus was struck by a car on Tuesday along North Farley Road north of Humphrey’s Road ...
Even people with the county think this jail tax is a bad idea
My belief is that if you injected them with truth serum and took a straw poll of every elected officeholder ...
County treasurer opposes Platte County’s jail tax proposal
ROB WILLARD SAYS A 20-YEAR TAX IS TOO MUCH Platte County Treasurer Rob Willard announced his opposition to the Platte ...
SUV crashes into Parkville License Office
ONE PERSON SUFFERS MINOR INJURIES One person suffered minor injuries when a vehicle crashed into a front door of the ...
