Tag: taxes

Opponents to Platte County’s proposed 20-year half cent sales tax for a 471-bed jail pitched a shutout. The tax was ...

Remember that summer when the Platte County Commission wanted us to vote in the largest tax increase in county history? ...

“The Old Home Place” opened last week on Main Street in Platte City by Shirley and Tom Bruno in the ...

Elizabeth Navarro Alakayleh, daughter of Mrs. Tommie Flores and the late Abel Navarro of San Antonio, Tex., and James Russell ...

The local economy may not exactly be booming, but the combination of general sales tax receipts plus income from the ...

Park Hill is making a change in policy concerning cell phones and other personal electronic devices at the middle school ...

There were three Republican primaries on Tuesday’s election ballot in Platte County, which drew a voter turnout of 26.77 percent. ...

Let’s start this week with a quick tip of the cap to DJ Gehrt, who once again is the outgoing ...

MORE THAN 62% OF PLATTE COUNTY VOTERS OPPOSED Both Platte County questions pertaining to a proposed new jail were defeated ...

The Missouri Department of Transportation says crews will close the ramp from northbound I-435 to southbound I-29 in Platte County for ...

Platte County voters approved a 10 year extension of the county parks and recreation half cent sales tax. There were ...

If you awoke from a 10-year coma and were only shown statewide Republican office seeker commercials, you would probably think ...

Before we get rolling into a few quick observations, here’s a dining tip. Try the Palacio Maya Mexican Restaurant near ...

OFF THE TABLE A request for smaller lot sizes to be granted for the Windmill Creek development in Platte City ...

THREE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES ALSO TO BE DECIDED Platte County voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 6 to ...

The city council for the City of Platte City has passed an ordinance calling a special election on Aug. 7 ...

EDITOR: Seeing your front-page headline “Fricker: ‘We're going to have excess capacity, clearly’ and the accompanying story about “Clinton County ...

EDITOR: Do we need a new jail or new judges, prosecutors and county commissioners? Are judges, the prosecutor and sheriff ...

DEAR EDITOR, PLATTE COUNTY TAXPAYERS AND OFFICIALS OF PLATTE COUNTY: I want to start by stating that I am neither ...

EDITOR: Let's look at Dagmar Wood's recurring history with Platte County. In the 2018-19 fiscal year Dagmar voted not to ...