Residents in Ferrelview are getting organized against a planned industrial development just feet from their doors. 

A final proposed redistricting plan was presented to the Park Hill Board of Education last week, with a vote scheduled for December. 

Few will remember the first concert of the Parkville Symphonic Band in 1995, but this year the band celebrates its 30th season.

When Jeff Green, director of the Platte County School District’s Northland Career Center (NCC) found out the Northland Workforce Development Center’s (NWDC) campaign recently had received $1 million in contributions, he wasn’t surprised. “It was more like a validation that all the work we are doing is working,” Green said. “There is no question that this center will have value to so many students and community members in the years to come.”

The fatal shooting of a man who entered a home in rural Platte County in September has been determined a justifiable use of force. 

A Park Hill South senior collected medals in two events, and some younger swimmers got some valuable Day 2 experience at the Missouri Class 2 Swimming and Diving Championships on Friday, Nov. 15.

Park Hill senior swimmer Jack Stanley ends his high school career with three medals in the 100-yard backstroke, including an eighth-place finish this season at the Missouri Class 2 Swimming and Diving Championships on Friday, Nov. 15, at St. Peter’s Rec-Plex.

After winning only one game during the regular season, the North Platte Panthers’ football team will play for a district championship this Friday, Nov. 22, on the road at Penney.

The Platte County Pirates had little trouble beating No. 2 seed St. Pius X in the Class 5 District 8 Championship on Friday, Nov. 15, at Pirate Stadium.

The Park Hill Trojans are Class 6 District 8 champions after beating the Oak Park Northmen 31-21 last Friday, Nov. 15, at Preston Field.

A pair of Platte County swimmers collected medals and made history at the Missouri Class 1 Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday, Nov. 16, at the St. Peter’s Rec-Plex.

Park Hill South junior cross country runner Madilynn Conklin has qualified for the state championships three times, and all three times, she has returned home with a medal.

Platte County freshman Tyler Stambersky led the way for the Pirates’ girls’ team at the Missouri Class 4 Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Gans Creek in Columbia.

The West Platte girls’ cross country team finished runner-up at the Missouri Class 2 Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Gans Creek in Columbia.

The North Platte Panthers had three runners medal at the Missouri Class 2 Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Gans Creek in Columbia.