Platte City News

Gov. Jay Nixon has ordered that U.S. and Missouri flags on all state buildings in Platte County be flown at half-staff today until Nov.

The economic engine that drives St. Joseph can be likened to a patchwork quilt, and one piece people don't often think about is Fort Leavenworth.

Third ward residents in Platte City will only have one alderman for the next few weeks after the resignation of Aaron Jung.

Parents brought their young children to the Clay County Public Health Center in Liberty on Wednesday to get the H1N1 FluMist vaccine at no cost.

PLATTE CITY, Mo. a ' Platte County authorities need your help finding a Parkville woman charged with tax evasion.

Platte County's elected officeholders in essence gave themselves a thumbs up on Monday, approving a motion that will increase officeholder salaries, some beginning in 2011 and others in 2013.

They began to line up inside the Clay County Public Health Center in Liberty just after 2 p.m. - three hours early for an H1N1 vaccination clinic for children.By 5 p.m., the line of parents waiting to have their children vaccinated had stretched nearly a quarter of mile to the parking lot of an adjacent hotel.Officials worried if 513 doses of the ...

One might wonder what sheep have to do with winemaking, but they are playing an important role for one winery in Missouri.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. a ' A 16-year-old girl died Monday from injuries sustained in a car accident Sunday morning.

Charges have been filed against a man and a woman accused of killing a truck driver at a Platte City truck stop in 2008 as part of a multi-state crime spree.

White pillars, arched windows, high ceilings and glass walls give the interior of Smithville's new Mid-Continent Public Library building an open and sophisticated feel.

Hundreds of boxholders in southern Platte County are receiving a sample copy of The Landmark this week, as the paper begins a Fall Fling promotion that brings a sweet offer to new subscribers.

A Platte City woman is suing the University of Missouri System after falling last year at the Hearnes Center in Columbia.

A golfer's anger flies in as many directions as a poorly struck 3-iron. A putt that won't break brings gasps to the green.

PLATTE CITY, Mo. a ' The Platte County auditor announced Friday an audit was underway into the countya TMs Human Resources Department.

The 11-year-old stood in glum repose, sidling close to her father in his camouflage tans.I dont want him to go, Britan Jorgensen said Saturday, looking up at her dad.But at 4:30 a.m. today, Missouri National Guard Staff Sgt.

The Southside Fall Festival will be holding church services at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 20 in Hyde Park.

This is a brand new Walgreens in Platte City, MO. True NNN, no management responsibility, what-so-ever. Corporate backed Walgreens lease.

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 12 people were sent to Heartland Regional Medical Center.

Although Wilma Summers is now retired from teaching, she still has a full-time job maintaining her residence, otherwise known as "The Big Stone" located at 117 Main St.