Tag: Public Safety

CIVIC CENTER, LIONS CLUB BUILDING, FORMER PHARMACY ALL WILL COME DOWN The Platte County Historical Society will soon have a ...

The rifle team from VFW Post 4044 with members Dean Winters, Paul Whitters, Jim Shaw, and Danny Calvert fired several ...

Well, here we are. What some elected officials will refer to as an $85 million jail project, and what some ...

NEW TAX WOULD FUND CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS In August, Platte County will ask voters to approve a 20-year half cent ...

I went to restock my supply of candles last weekend. Yes, I'm a candle guy. Let's not dwell on that ...

AT THE STORE ON BOARDWALK, KANSAS CITY IN PLATTE COUNTY A death investigation is underway after a man died following ...

I reread The Landmark in preparation for my column this week. I did a doubletake on a story and even ...

HE ALLEGEDLY DEFRAUDED AN ANTI-CRIME CHARITY THAT HE RAN A Kansas City, Mo., police officer who ran an anti-crime charity ...

EVENT HELD BY PLATTE COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE Firefighters from the Kansas City Fire Department and the Southern Platte Fire Protection ...

IN THE RAPE OF A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL A Platte County jury has found a repeat sex offender guilty of raping ...

A newly-constructed retaining wall in Parkville collapsed after heavy rains over the weekend. The wall along Brink-Myer Road was constructed ...

Platte County Sheriff Mark Owen cut the ribbon with some help from county commissioners Joe Vanover, Dagmar Wood and Scott ...

A driver was killed and another critically injured in a two-car crash in the Northland at NW 82nd Street and ...

One man was killed and another was critically injured in a shooting incident late Monday night at the Orangewood Inn ...

FOR ASSESSOR, COMMISSIONER, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR There will be multiple countywide candidate races on the primary ballot in Platte County in ...

A Kansas City firefighter has been charged with urinating on a co-worker's property at the fire station near Kansas City ...

The city’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) will expand after a contentious discussion by Platte City’s Board of Aldermen. A resolution ...

FBI Director Christopher Wray visited the FBI Kansas City Field Office on Wednesday, April 3 to celebrate the official opening ...

Imagine being the Chiefs’ fixer. Poor dude just got done with another long season and probably taking the wife and ...

Sad note to start the column this week: For the second time this year, Platte County has lost a former ...