Tag: Public Safety

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 ...

PANEL DISCUSSION WILL BE MARCH 11 The League of Women Voters of Kansas City/Jackson-Clay-Platte Counties announces a panel discussion to ...

SUSPECT CHARGED WITH ASSAULT A detainee is being accused of damaging his jail cell and fighting with detention officers while ...

For most of us, TikTok serves as a silly video website to see cats doing silly things and trending dances. ...

IN PLATTE COUNTY, TWICE WHAT THEY WERE JUST THREE YEARS AGO Similar to communities across America, drug overdose deaths are ...

CAUSE OF DEATH 'MAY BE SELF-INFLICTED,' AUTHORITIES SAY An inmate died inside the Platte County Jail on Thursday, Feb. 1, ...

AFTER HIS ARMED STANDOFF WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT With a tentative preliminary hearing date set for next week, the former City ...

KCPD LABELS DEATHS 'SUSPICIOUS' Kansas City police continue to investigate the circumstances of the deaths of three men at a ...

Parkville has a new police chief after the board of aldermen voted to hire Kevin Chrisman on Tuesday night. The ...

WAGE HIKES INCLUDED IN 2024 BUDGET The 2024 budget for Platte County has been approved by the county commission, and ...