Tag: Public Safety

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 ...

Frank Pendleton, a scientist, educator, and community leader, has officially announced his candidacy for the Missouri House of Representatives, focusing ...

LOCAL SUNSHINE LAW EXPERTS DISCUSS THE TOPIC A panel of specialists delivered a cautionary tale about a mounting war on ...

A Kansas City Police Department officer-involved shooting took place last Tuesday, March 19 in Platte County. The shooting happened around ...

PLATTE CITY VOTERS WILL DECIDE AT APRIL 2 ELECTION Two candidates are vying for Platte City mayor in the upcoming ...

AFTER FIRING OF MARJI GEHR DJ Gehrt, who retired from the city last July, will be offered a position as ...

Despite the “closing” of I-29 from 10 p.m. last Friday night till 6 a.m. Saturday morning, at 4:30 a.m. the ...

When you look up Platte County, Missouri on the Google box, you are greeted with a small slide show of ...

The Barry School and Northland Career Center were recently listed in an investigation into health inspections at Kansas City area ...

Listen, I didn't want to talk about guns and violence this week. Honestly. I had a whole thing planned about ...