Platte County News

Close to 1,000 area residents are expected to come together and share dinner this year at two sites on Christmas Day.

PLATTE COUNTY, Mo. a ' A Platte City, Mo., woman was seriously injured early Saturday when the vehicle she was driving struck a barrier off Interstate 29.

Click Above for Links to Traffic and Other Travel Information, Important Safety Tips and a Link to the Kansas City Scout Twitter Account The first snow of the season falls in the Kansas City area Monday morning, Nov.

The family and those in the small town of Farley are hoping to find out who shot two brothers who were hunting on a gravel road Wednesday.

Two hunters were injured Wednesday in a Platte County shooting that may be a hunting accident, officials said.

A slow moving storm system could bring the first snow of the season to the Kansas City area this afternoon.The storm system is over central Kansas and is expected to move into central Missouri tonight, according to the National Weather Service in Pleasant Hill, Mo.

It did not take long for now former Platte City Alderman Aaron Jung to find himself back in pubic service.

Police have arrested one man and questioned another in a rash of farm equipment thefts from Platte County farms.

Facing a continued wobbly housing market, local developers and real estate professionals are lobbying Congress to help prop up sales by extending and expanding a homebuyers' tax credit.

A Northland property was recently chosen as the most beautiful property in all of Kansas City from a large pool of nominees.

Man shot by officerA man was in critical condition Thursday night after a Kansas City police officer shot him in the chest.

A 48-year-old man is accused of stealing farm equipment earlier this year. Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd charged Michael Wayne Stroud with felony stealing following an investigation by the Platte County Sheriffa s Department.

A new trail mapping system is designed to improve safety and 9-1-1 response times on the Missouri Riverfront Trail in Riverside, Mo.

Jay Nixon joined MoDOT Director Pete Rahn, Missouri Highways and Transportation Commissioners David Gach and Stephen Miller, and other state and county officials to cut a ceremonial ribbon, acknowledging the completion of the 100th Safe & Sound bridge.

BeltonBelton voters, by a 72 percent margin, decided against a takeover of the citys park department.Mayor Jimmy Odom and some City Council members proposed to change the citys charter to allow the council to take control of the parks.

Within hours after an estimated 1,000 gallons of sewage spilled late Wednesday into Weatherby Lake, Kansas City water officials contacted the state to report it.

WEATHERBY LAKE, Mo. - " The Missouri Department of Natural Resources confirmed Saturday night that tests of water at Weatherby Lake contain "unacceptable levels of E. Coli." The high levels of E. Coli are attributed to a sewage bypass Wednesday night.

A spokesman for Citizens Against Forever Tax raised issues Wednesday about a school levy campaign team membera s involvement in a lawsuit that could hinder the St.

Marshall junior Katie Wells won her third gold medal of the cross country season Thursday at the Richmond Invitational.

Platte County authorities are asking for the publics assistance as they search for a woman who is charged with tax evasion and who also has been named a person of interest in her husbands 2007 murder.