Tag: Public Safety

MONEY AND EMPLOYEES' PERSONAL ITEMS TAKEN The Subway sandwich shop in Platte City was robbed by a man with a ...

DISCOVERED IN RURAL PLATTE COUNTY A “missing endangered alert” put out by the Kansas City Police Department last week ended ...

SUSPECT DIES IN WRONG-WAY CRASH A series of three armed robberies occurred in the Northland in the early morning hours ...

Employees of Maxon America and Maxon Systems donated 45 toy bears to the Platte County Sheriff’s Department last week. The ...

PLATTE COUNTY PROPOSING 464-BED JAIL IN DOWNTOWN PLATTE CITY The Platte County Commission has started the search for an architecture ...

Merry Christmas from Ponder the Thought to you and yours. This seems like a suitable time to bring up the ...

SUSPECT LEADS TROOPER ON HIGH SPEED CHASE A 63-year-old man allegedly hijacked a vehicle at QuikTrip in Platte City and ...

CASH AND LOTTERY TICKETS STOLEN A 37-year-old man is accused of robbing a Parkville convenience store at gunpoint. The Platte ...

Let’s get this out of the way early before I forget to make my feelings known on an important topic. ...

MAN ALLEGEDLY EXPOSED HIMSELF, COMPLETED SEX ACT IN STORE A man who allegedly exposed himself and completed a sex act ...

FORMER PLATTE CITY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR JAILED The now-former public works director for the City of Platte City once again ...

MORE LEGAL TROUBLE FOR FORMER PLATTE CITY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR The now-former public works director for the City of Platte ...

CURRENTLY SERVES AS UNDERSHERIFF With Sheriff Mark Owen not seeking reelection in Platte County in 2024, Erik Holland, major with ...

MARK OWEN SAYS HE WILL RETIRE Platte County Sheriff Mark Owen has announced that he will not be seeking reelection ...

IN THE SHOOTING NEAR WENDY'S ON NOV. 15 A man alleged to have been part of a drug deal where ...

As you’ll see on our front page, the Platte County commissioners have created a county administrator position. In general terms, ...

ABUSE OCCURRED IN WESTON A man who sexually abused a girl while living in Weston was sentenced to 75 years ...

COUNTY TO BEGIN WORK ON PROPOSAL FOR VOTERS A public safety committee has recommended to the county commission the proposal ...

BEGINNING SALARY SET AT $200,000 Platte County will now have a county administrator. County commissioners announced the creation of the ...

SHOOTING OCCURRED JUST OUTSIDE STORE An employee of the Rally House store in the Shops at Boardwalk center in Platte ...