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A petition on Change.org has garnered almost 500 signatures, calling on the City of Platte City to add a center turning lane in its plan to rebuild Highway 92 into a four-lane highway.
Former Platte County Commissioner John Elliott last week announced his candidacy for Missouri State Representative in District 13, seeking the seat being vacated by Rep. Sean Pouche (R), who is running for the Missouri Senate. The district encompasses parts of Platte and Buchanan counties. Elliott will appear on the Republican primary ballot in August.
Jan. 10 marked the one year anniversary of the shooting death of Platte County Citizen reporter Dennis Sharkey, with the suspect in the case still in custody without bond as the wheels of justice slowly move.
In Spring 2026, the Missouri Department of Transportation will reopen northbound U.S. Highway 169 just north of the Kansas City Downtown Airport Charles B. Wheeler Field in a new traffic pattern.
There may not be another girls basketball team in the Greater KC White Division that has faced as much of a daunting non-conference schedule as Platte County.
The Park Hill boys and girls wrestling teams celebrated their 12 seniors on Jan. 14 before a dual against Park Hill South.
Park Hill South continued to separate itself from the rest of the metro field Jan. 16-17, capturing the KC Classic title at the Gladstone Community Center as they added yet another tournament title entering the final stretch of the season.
The No. 10 state-ranked North Platte boys basketball team took a critical step towards winning a KCI Conference championship on Jan. 9, when they went on the road in Weston to overcome a 12-point deficit for a 53-50 overtime win against West Platte.
The wrestlers of Park Hill South celebrated a senior night to remember on Jan. 7 on their home mat, with the girls and boys wrestling teams securing a conference dual win against Oak Park.
It was far from straightforward, but seven players scoring in multiple quarters for the North Platte girls basketball team helped the Panthers to a 12-point road win against West Platte on Jan. 9.
Platte County’s girls swimming and diving team turned in a strong all-around performance on Jan. 6, hosting a multi-school meet in Platte City and piling up points across nearly every event.
The Battle of the Hill has been a lopsided affair in girls basketball over the past four seasons, with Park Hill South winning eight of nine meetings against Park Hill. That pattern continued on Jan. 8, when the Panthers used a comeback effort to hand their district rival yet another defeat, this time on the Trojans’ home court.
The Park Hill boys basketball team took home a third-place plaque from the 46th annual William Jewell Holiday Classic on Dec. 30, overcoming a 21-point deficit in the first half to win 64-57 in overtime of their tournament finale in the Holley Division against Pembroke Hill.
The Park Hill South boys basketball team took home a fifth-place plaque in the Patterson Division from the William Jewell Holiday Classic after defeating Raytown 64-54 on Dec. 30.
Platte County Commissioners announced last week their plan to present a “homestead property tax credit” program at a meeting held today (Wednesday, Jan. 21).