The City of Parkville had several land development items on its docket for this week’s meeting of the board of aldermen.
Platte County Auditor Kevin Robinson announced he filed on Tuesday, Feb. 24, for reelection to continue providing professional, accountable and transparent financial oversight for the citizens of Platte County.
A Platte County missing persons case resolved last week when a vehicle containing a body was pulled from Smithville Lake in Clay County.
The Platte County Commission this week approved spending $38,500 to hire RDG Planning and Design, a parks consulting group, to engage in community outreach and create a preliminary design for a new park located at the south trail head of the Prairie Creek Greenway.
Park Hill added another strong chapter to its wrestling tradition at the MSHSAA State Wrestling Championships by earning three state medals, including a second straight runner-up finish for senior Mason Brayfield at Mizzou Arena on Feb. 28.
A district championship plaque was raised by the North Platte boys basketball team for just the second time in program history.
In their first season competing in Class 4 on the boys side, and in head coach Reggie Burress’ final tournament before retirement, Platte County walked out of the MSHSAA State Wrestling Championships with two state medalists with some challenging performances at Mizzou Arena.
The North Platte/Mid-Buchanan boys and girls wrestling teams battled through elite competition at the MSHSAA State Wrestling Championships held Feb. 25-26 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia.
At the biggest tournament of her Park Hill South career, Abigail Monaco quickly proved she belonged. The Park Hill South junior, a district champion and first-time state qualifier, finished fourth in the 120-pound division in Class 2 at the MSHSAA State Wrestling Championships held Feb. 27-28 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia.
The Park Hill South girls swim and dive team has done what no other program has accomplished in more than two decades: claim three straight state championships.
Amid a field of 11 local wrestlers who punched their ticket to the state tournament, Park Hill’s Noah Johnson and Platte County’s Jaxson Shute shined the brightest as champions of the District 4 Class 4 Championships held at Park Hill High School Feb. 20-21.
The Park Hill South girls basketball team became back-to-back champions of the Greater KC Red Division on Feb. 20, racing ahead quickly to defeat their nemesis, Park Hill.
For the first time in 11 years, the Park Hill South boys basketball team completed a regular-season two-game sweep of Park Hill, defeating their district rival 56-53 in a packed gymnasium at Park Hill South on Feb. 20.
A pair of local wrestlers from Platte County and Park Hill South exercised their demons of previous defeats to win their first district championships on Feb. 14 in the Class 2 District 4 girls wrestling tournament at Platte County High School.

Washington Chapel C.M.E. in Parkville held its annual Black History Month celebration on Sunday, Feb. 22.