The Platte County Citizen’s sports reporter was likely on his way to cover a basketball game when he was killed on I-29 at NW 72nd Street.

Growing up in Platte City was a memorable part of Scott Roberts’ life - so much so that he has made a movie about this endearing segment of his life journey.

A historic winter storm came down on Platte County and much of the Midwest over the weekend.

The Black Ancestors Awareness Campaign (BAAC) and the Weston United Methodist Church (WUMC) have announced their third annual presentation of If These Walls Could Talk, a collaborative celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. 

In 2008, Erik McGuire was new to the Burlington, Kan. area, and at the age of 22, he decided to join the local Rotary Club.

The Platte County girls’ basketball team got the bad taste out of their mouths of an earlier home loss with a convincing conference win over Ruskin 70-16 on Thursday, Dec. 19, at the Pirate Field House.

The Park Hill South Panthers’ basketball team ran into a ranked Benton Cardinals team at the 2024 St. Joseph Area Sports Hall of Fame High School Holiday Hoops Classic on Friday, Dec. 20, at the St. Joseph Civic Arena, with the Cardinals coming out on top 74-50.

The Park Hill South girls’ basketball team slugged out it with the Benton Cardinals for much of the contest before pulling away late in a 78-66 win on Friday, Dec. 20, at the 2024 St. Joseph Area Sports Hall of Fame High School Holiday Hoops Classic at St. Joseph Civic Arena.

The Platte County Pirates’ basketball team had to come from behind to beat Belton 58-55 to get the first win at home this season on Tuesday, Dec. 17.

Five of the area’s wrestling teams competed at the regional KC Stampede Classic, which featured teams from as far away as Texas.

The Platte County girls basketball team fought back but fell short in the end in a 60-57 home loss to Benton (St. Joseph) on Monday night, Dec. 16.

After getting walloped in the KCI Conference Tournament semifinals versus the eventual champion, the West Platte Blue Jays responded by beating rival North Platte 48-41 to claim the third-place trophy on Saturday, Dec. 14, at East-Buchanan High School.

Platte County Pirates’ Head Football Coach Bill Utz has been named the Missouri High School Football Coaches Association’s Class 5 Coach of the Year after leading his team to the Class 5 championship and an undefeated 14-0 record.

Platte County junior quarterback Rocco Marriott has a list of achievements from the 2024 football season that is as long as his arm.

The road to Platte County football’s fourth championship didn’t start in Week 1 of this year, and the outgoing senior leadership hopes the journey doesn’t end with this past weekend’s victory over Helias Catholic.