Tag: Public Safety

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 ...

ANGELINE WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY The Park Hill School District’s Elementary 12 Naming Committee narrowed down more than 350 name suggestions from ...

Author's Note: Last week, I wrote an article about reducing violent gun crime. My esteemed editor, Ivan Foley, said that ...

MARJI GEHR DISMISSED AFTER JUST EIGHT MONTHS Her tenure at the top was short, and now it’s officially over. During ...

The Star’s loss is a gain for The Landmark and its readers. Hearne Christopher, Jr., who for years wrote a ...

All this week after the deadly shooting at the Chiefs rally, Kansas City was talking about what the root of ...

PUBLIC VOTE ON A JAIL QUESTIONS MAY BE LATER THIS YEAR Platte County commissioners on Tuesday, Feb. 20 entered into ...

DAVID HARRINGTON WAS ONE OF THREE FOUND DEAD A man whose death is part of a Platte County mystery that ...

Bones were found in the basement of the former Main Street Community Theatre building, 246 Main in Platte City, last ...

The Phillips 66 gas station at the intersection of Hwy. 92 and the Hwy. 45 Spur east of the Centennial ...

ALLEGEDLY PULLED FIRE ALARM, SPRAYED EXTINGUISHER A 30-year-old man allegedly sprayed extinguishing agents from a portable fire extinguisher into the ...

Happy Super Bowl week to all who celebrate. Let’s talk countywide Platte County politics for a bit. The filing period ...