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The death of a Platte County man on Monday, June 15 has been ruled as a suicide by the Jackson County Medical Examiner.

JoCo man gets 15 years for firing into Platte County apartment: That my friends is 32-year-old Juggalo Dewey Dixon of Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

Many of the area's rivers and creeks are nearly full after several days of heavy rain.

Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd was convinced jurors would convict Ali M. Mahamud of first-degree murder.There was little dispute that in June 2005, Mahamud stabbed and cut his victim 54 times and then dumped the body in a shallow creek.Police recorded a statement from Mahamud, but not the interrogation that preceded it.During trial, Mahamuds ...

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Teen found unhurtA 19-year-old man who was reported missing about a week ago has been located unharmed in Olympia, Wash., Kansas City police said Wednesday.

There are apparently three different signature totals for an effort to recall Mayor Mark Funkhouser.

The Platte County Sheriff's Department is now investigating the actions of some former Village of Iatan trustees.

Kansas City Power & Light officials recently rolled out the first phase of environmental upgrades at its coal-fired power plant site in northern Platte County.

An effort to recall Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser could go to court over a recount snag.

"A Kansas City man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to organizing a scheme to shoplift merchandise then sell the stolen property on eBay.

" The American criminal justice system allows for a defendant in a criminal case to be represented by a public defender even if they can't afford an attorney.

The Kansas City Election Board is in the final stages of checking petitions to recall Mayor Mark Funkhouser.

A group of Platte County farmers have filed suit over a levee they say has caused flooding that destroyed their crops.

Organizers of a Kansas City drive to recall Mayor Mark Funkhouser turned in signatures Monday to the city clerk and predicted they had enough to trigger a recall election.The petitioners said they were turning in roughly 13,000 signatures in addition to the 7,459 signatures they previously had certified.

State auditors want the village of Iatan to show them the money. More precisely, about $900 which is unaccounted for after being paid to two board of trustees members.

The Class 3 District 16 Baseball Tournament will now take place on Monday. Savannah will take on Smithville at 4:30 at Hyde followed by Platte County against Cameron.

Organizers of a petition drive to recall Mayor Mark Funkhouser have gathered 44 percent of the signatures they need, election authorities said Friday.The petitions calling for a recall election of the Kansas City mayor contained 7,459 valid signatures of registered voters.

A Platte County couple knows all too well what the weather can do. Aaron and Teressa Smith started moving things out of their basement and shed when they saw Walnut Creek rising Friday night.

Laura Denvir Stith, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri and chair of the Appellate Judicial Commission, announced Wednesday that the commission has submitted to Gov.