The Platte County Citizen has provided readers with a county-wide overview for more than 60 years. That’s a lot of change to witness.
Commissioners discussed the need for a new Platte County Detention Center at a special meeting held Monday, April 29.
A Platte County jury has found a repeat sex offender guilty of raping a 14-year-old girl on multiple occasions from 2016 to 2017. Joseph E. Ginn was found guilty of second degree statutory rape, two counts of second degree statutory sodomy, and second degree child molestation on April 24 following a three-day trial.
After serving six and a half years as a Platte City Alderman, Steve Hoeger is now the Mayor of Platte City.
Firefighters from the Kansas City Fire Department and the Southern Platte Fire Protection District and detectives with the Kansas City Police Department received the 17th Annual Sara Andrasek Memorial Award on Friday, April 26. The awards were part of the Platte County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office’s yearly luncheon held as part of national Crime Victims’ Rights Week.
The Park Hill School District continues to move forward with its Park Hill 2034 strategic plan.
The top elected officials of Platte and Clay counties have joined to criticize a proposal made last week by Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas.
Country singer Matt Snook has devoted many years of his life to songwriting and performing on-stage around the globe for his many fans. His talent has even taken him to compete on NBC’s ‘The Voice’. But a few months ago he was forced to take on a challenge like no other he had ever faced.
Airman Recruit Rylee Crockett, a native of Weston, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143, which operates the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet.
On most weekday afternoons, you’ll see Platte County prosecutors in several of the five courtrooms of the historic county courthouse in Platte City. On April 5, you would have seen them boxing up food at Harvesters in downtown Kansas City.
Rotary District 6040 is helping to ensure that vulnerable children have access to a necessity in life that most of us take for granted – shoes.
The Platte County Sheriff’s Office will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Platte County Sheriff’s new office. The ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 18, located at 11724 NW Plaza Cir, Kansas City.
As the new Firehouse Market enters its third month and becomes more and more popular in the community, it continues to offer creative goods and friendly events to the local area.
The earthquake experienced last month near Ferrelview was due to a collapse in the Stamper Underground off Interurban Road.
A man has been charged in Platte County with shooting a woman in the leg while she was a passenger in a car and leaving her and her child in a roadway.
The mayor and chief of police for the City of Platte Woods are not immune to a lawsuit filed against them citing retaliation for whistle blower claims.
Friends of Parkville Animal Shelter will continue its themed benefit lunches with an upcoming April 27 event, and the theme will be ‘Purse Dogs & Cat Clutches,’ a play on FOPAS animals and various types of totes.
Incumbent mayor Tony Paolillo was ousted from office by a member of the board of aldermen – Steven Hoeger.
Platte County R-3 School District voters approved a Proposition C waiver to restructure the district’s tax rate.
The Northland Regional Ambulance District (NRAD) tax levy proposal was approved by voters Tuesday, April 2. Voters cast 1,392 votes for the levy increase to 1,273 against.
County Commissioners this week shot down a proposal from two mental health service providers to create a sales tax to fund children’s mental health services in Platte County.
Three people are dead in what police are describing as a murder-suicide in Kansas City.
Platte City Mayor Tony Paolillo – who is up for re-election next week – resigned at the Tuesday evening meeting of the board of aldermen.
Incumbent mayor Tony Paolillo is facing a challenge next week in the form of a current member of the board of aldermen – Steven Hoeger.
With a ballot question April 2, the Northland Regional Ambulance District (NRAD) is looking to fund the future growth of the district.
The Platte County R-3 School District has placed a Proposition C waiver to restructure its tax rate on the April 2 ballot.
The Northland Career Center is hard at work raising funds for its transformation into the Northland Workforce Development Center.
Property tax relief for seniors has arrived in Platte County.
The Platte County Sheriff’s Office is moving to its new location in Kansas City this week.
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The Parkville Board of Aldermen held a joint meeting with the city’s parks and recreation board last week to discuss the new farmers market building to be erected at English Landing Park.