Commissioners fall short on planning
EDITOR: First, I want to say I support approval of the Platte County Commissioners plan to ask voter approval of ...
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County okays $48,000 pact to ‘educate’ targeted voters
Platte County Commission entered into a contract to pay a public affairs firm up to $48,816 to perform what one ...
Keep your eye on the ‘targeted education’ story
You read the idea brought forth by our newest columnist Guy Speckman (Ponder the Thought, page 3) a couple weeks ...
45 years ago on April 11th, 1975
April 11, 1975 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Todd of Platte City announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Deborah Jean, ...
30 years ago on April 13th, 1990
April 13, 1990 The West Platte R-2 Board of Education reorganized Monday night following the election. Kenny Clemens was again ...
15 years ago on April 7th, 2005
April 7, 2005 Campaigning on a platform of educational issues as her top priority, newcomer Patricia Stinnett was far and ...
County officials should be sending thank you notes
Can we get back to some sense of normalcy? The answer is no. No, we cannot. But I thank myself ...
New Trex Mart store to go in at I-29 at Tracy exit
Another Trex Mart convenience store is being planned for this area, this one just off Interstate 29 at the Tracy ...
About the new Guy on page 3
Step right on in to Between the Lines. Grab a seat. Buckle up. Enjoy the ride. We've got a lot ...
Jail tax proposal may have poisoned the well
Spent a couple of days in Virginia over the weekend with the oldest daughter and fam. If you've been out ...
Last year’s jail tax proposal may have poisoned the well
Spent a couple of days in Virginia over the weekend with the oldest daughter and fam. If you’ve been out ...
Sometimes elected officials get caught unaware
You can decide for yourselves whether you think Mike Reik, superintendent at Platte County R-3, is over-compensated, fairly well compensated, ...
Sometimes elected officials get caught unaware of important details
You can decide for yourselves whether you think Mike Reik, superintendent at Platte County R-3, is over-compensated, fairly well compensated, ...
Pearl clutching
For shame! Have they no morals! There were kids there!! These were some of the complaints following Wednesday's Chiefs celebration ...
It’s official: Mahomes is the face of the NFL
Super Bowl champs!! The Chiefs did it. After 50 years of falling short--and really only one of those years in ...
Platte City asking voters to establish a use tax
In Missouri, the use tax is a sales tax charged on the purchase of items that are purchased from an ...
Decision time nears for sales tax committee
Recommendation coming soon. That was the decision reached at a meeting of the Platte County Sales Tax Structure Advisory Committee, ...
Some of us emotionally-tired Chiefs fans had almost given up
I just got a spam email saying "your prostate is the size of a lemon" and now I don't know ...
Start your engines: Let the 2020 political season begin
Heads up, it's a big election year in Platte County. It starts, of course, with municipal elections in April when ...
There will be plenty of news and fun in 2020
Happy New Year! Starting Wednesday we'll all have 2020 vision. Or something like that. With all the changes in the ...
