Voting for the future of our country
EDITOR: I like the smell and taste of fear almost as much as Rethuglicans still like the smell of Napalm ...
Tag: taxes
Zona Rosa plans improvements
Multi-million dollar redevelopment project set Some major improvements are planned for Zona Rosa, a struggling mixed-use shopping center in Platte ...
Open records lawsuit seeks $295,000 penalty
Alleged Parkville violations now total 59 A citizen who is suing the City of Parkville for violations of the state's ...
SPCAA in line for $37,000 from county commission
Commissioner's wife is executive director of SPCAA Youth sports and activities grants to various youth sports/activities organizations have been awarded ...
County sales/use tax revenue up despite pandemic
Combined receipts coming in higher than 2019 thus far Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and some ordered shutdowns earlier in the ...
County commission vs. public health
EDITOR: The public health service of this county, the public health service of the State of Missouri and the public ...
Tax deferments draw attention at Parkville
'Favors' being handed out, a resident alleges Recent tax deferments applied for by a few downtown Parkville business owners are ...
Familiar names head tax abatement program
Resident: 'It's Nan Johnston's town' Some Parkville residents are questioning the naming of officers and board of directors of a ...
15 Years Ago–August 25, 2005
A felony that began in Lincoln, Neb. last Wednesday ended hours later in southern Andrew County, Missouri, north of St. ...
No CARES money for health department
EDITOR: I found your tirade in the Aug. 12 Between the Lines column rather interesting. You commented about how Cruise ...
Appeals court upholds decision on Zona Rosa bonds
The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District of Missouri this week upheld a Platte County Circuit Court ruling ...
The presiding commissioner and his wife’s sports group
Latest update on the Platte County Commission's CPP (Crony Payment Plan) using federal CARES money. One of the newest recipients ...
30 Years Ago August 24, 1990
A special permit was approved by Platte County last week for construction of an 18-hole golf course at M-92 and ...
The struggle is real at the DMV
EDITOR: Department of Motor Vehicles satellite offices on both sides of the state line still have long lines of frustrated ...
Health department still losing on the free money scoreboard
So if you're scoring at home, the summertime totals (since July 1) within school district buildings, during summer school and ...
‘She would be incredibly proud’
Family tells story behind Mimi's Pantry Lillian Curtin never would have guessed what she dished up for patrons of two ...
Lack of funding puts free COVID testing in jeopardy
The director of the Platte County Health Department says free COVID-19 testing in the county could end soon unless the ...
Sales tax questions pass and Wood wins
Parks tax gets 76 percent approval Two Platte County sales tax questions passed easily and Dagmar Wood, first district county ...
Proposed changes to Pocket Park critiqued
Parkville considering alternatives for area along Main Street Some Parkville area residents claim a deja vu effect as city officials ...
‘This doesn’t pass the smell test’
I've picked up a habit during pandemic times. Multiple times throughout the week, I head to the kitchen and make ...
