Tag: Public Safety

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 ...

Kansas City police say a pedestrian suffered critical injuries when hit by a car at the intersection of Barry Road ...

INCIDENT OCCURRED IN MARCH 2020 A Kansas City man who murdered his roommate in Jackson County and then dumped the ...

LEAVENWORTH MAN CHARGED WITH DRUG-RELATED CRIME An arrest has been made in connection with the incident surrounding a fatal shooting ...

AN 18-YEAR-OLD MALE FROM KANSAS CITY The identity of the man killed in a shooting outside the Wendy’s in Platte ...

ONE MAN KILLED, ANOTHER REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION Police, including Kansas City Metro Squad detectives, continue to investigate the shooting ...

NEW CITY HALL SHOWN TO PUBLIC Platte City’s new City Hall and police station was shown off to the public ...

High praise for the looks of the new City Hall for Platte City, which was opened to the public last ...

Plans for a $1.5 million “state of the art” regional shooting range in Platte County was announced by commissioner Scott ...

EDITOR: I just finished the article "New Courthouse Off the Table " from The Landmark, dated Wednesday, Oct. 25. I'm ...

Platte County’s public safety committee, the group that has been coming up with a recommendation to present to the county ...

SALARIES GO TO $77,185 NEXT TERM An eight percent raise increase in base pay for countywide elected positions. That’s what ...