Platte News

Dennis Goodwin's pitch to small towns goes something like this: You can keep your schools and sports teams, expand course offerings for students and pay teachers more, and you can do it all without raising taxes.

An alliance of urban conservatives and rural lawmakers defeated two proposed restrictions on 14 and 15 year old drivers Tuesday, while two more passed.

Lawmakers are encouraging small, rural schools to share teachers and make greater use of technology in order to stave off consolidation.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 am on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at St.