Tag: Public Safety

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 ...

SUBARU DRIVER CITED FOR CARELESS AND IMPRUDENT DRIVING A Platte County R-3 School District bus was rear-ended in a crash ...

Bill Hankins, who has photographed people and events in Platte County for The Landmark the past several years, has been ...

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE SET NOV. 1 It’s almost ready. An open house for the new City Hall/police department headquarters for ...

THINGS GET HEATED BETWEEN JUDGES AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Talk of a new Platte County Courthouse is now off the table. ...

The Parkville Chamber of Commerce met Thursday, Oct. 9 at Hillcrest Ministries Thrift Store. Parkville Chamber President Bill Quitmeier welcomed ...

Something stinks in Jeff City and it smells worse than a football team locker room. But the plus side is ...

BREAKING NEWS ALERT: Landmark columnist Guy Speckman is at risk of getting booted out of his presidency of the Team ...

COUNTY OFFICIALS DISCUSS SALARIES FOR THEIR POSITIONS Platte County’s elected officeholders are studying the idea of a pay increase for ...

ALLEGED INCIDENT MID-DAY IN PLATTE CITY Platte City police say they are investigating an alleged sexual assault that occurred in ...