Platte City News

Foreman Shawn Britz surveys the results of the first day of demolition at 117 S. Sixth St.

A bill signed by Missouri Governor Matt Blunt on Tuesday in Platte County has caused a couple of local taxing districts to consider raising their tax levies, they say because of text included in Senate Bill 711 ...

Missouri homeowners should have greater protection from property tax spikes, if legislation signed Tuesday by the governor performs as intended.

The Platte County R-3 School Board on Thursday solicited comments from patrons during a public forum about the board's search for a new superintendent for the 2009-2010 school year.

The Platte City Board of Aldermen approved new parking restrictions on Tuesday night.

Plans are being announced for a 75th anniversary remembrance of the 1933 gunfight in Platte County between lawmen and Bonnie and Clyde and the Barrow gang.

Northwest Missourians should feel both fortunate and honored. For a change, they can enjoy the experience of having something that everyone else wants.

Katie Smith has stepped down from her position as Director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture after just more than a year in office.

PLATTE CITY, Mo. - ' A Texas man faces up to 80 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of sodomizing a 3-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl.

The county commission discussed several zoning issues after Platte County resident Kirby Holden gave his opinion on the issues to the commissioners.

Four applicants are back in the running to be the next city administrator for Platte City.

Two Platte City residents have been charged in an incident which occurred last Monday outside of the Running Horse Ranch and Home store in Platte City.

The rain soaked ground is starting to cause problems where some of the country's food supply is grown.

The flooding Missouri River breached a farm levee overnight in the Bean Lake area north of Weston, and rising floodwaters have closed numerous rural roads in the area.The breach is north of the Iatan Power ...

Anna Faltermeier/The Smithville Herald Amber Long, 11, center, and Harley Hardway, 9, right, both of Smithville, sing songs by the lake during Smithville Girl Scout camp Thursday, June 5, at Kelsey Short Youth ...

The result: the farmers' partial blockade, until now targeted solely at grains exports, has turned into a total food blockade, putting Argentine cities at risk... So the ball is in the farmers' court.

After repaving a large number of streets in Platte City, the city's public works department was at work repainting lines for parking along Main Street.

A plan for a controversial proposed development about four miles east of Platte City has been pulled off the table, but proponents are saying a similar proposal is on the way.

Rural Platte City residents are upset over an expansion plan. Residents near Highway 92 and Winan Road gathered to voice their opinions about a proposal for 686 homes on 330 acres.

Change is afoot in Platte City, Mo. - ' a community that has experienced a 25 percent population jump over the past five years and now has 4,500 to 5,000 residents.