The Platte County Commission offered eight stormwater grants totaling more than $350,000 earlier this month.
On the evening of Thursday, May 14, at approximately 10:45 p.m., the Platte County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence located near 8700 block of NW Hillview Road Circle in unincorporated Platte County on a reported domestic disturbance.
Four Republican candidates who withdrew from the August primary election last week have announced plans to run as independent candidates in the November general election, prompting a backlash from their party.
The No. 1 overall seeded Park University men’s volleyball program have remained perfect throughout the historic 2026 campaign and fended off the No. 3 Cougars of Saint Xavier University (Ill.) in four sets to capture the 2026 NAIA Men’s Volleyball National Championship in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at Alliant Energy PowerHouse, 24-26, 30-28, 25-22, 25-21.
Platte County junior Jacoby Keith joined Mitchel McBratney in giving head coach Zach Keith a Gatorade shower after the Pirates punched their ticket to State.
Speed and strength were on full display from local track and field athletes on May 16 at Liberty North High School for the Class 5 District 8 championships, which crowned 20 Platte County-area athletes as district champions.
North Platte and West Platte will send large contingents to the Class 2 state track and field championships after standout performances at the Class 2 Sectional 4 meet on May 16 at Lafayette High School.
Platte County’s boys tennis team is Class 2 District 8 champions for a fourth straight year, but it wasn’t without complications in the championship match against St. Pius X on May 7.
The West Platte girls and North Platte boys left the Class 2 District 8 Track and Field Championships with team trophies on May 9 in Chillicothe, while both programs also produced a long list of sectional qualifiers and standout performances.
A month can make a monumental difference in spring sports, and the Platte County girls soccer team proved just that in a 4-1 conference victory over Fort Osage on May 7 at Pirate Stadium.
West Platte has named Jackson Rumpf as the new head boys basketball coach, the district announced on May 8.
Track and field teams from Park Hill and Park Hill South were among the best at the 2026 Greater KC Suburban Red Conference Championships held on May 6 at the North Kansas City School District Activities Complex.
North Platte’s boys track and field team has reached a new summit after winning the boys program’s first-ever KCI Conference championship on May 2 at Lathrop High School.
On a night where dozens of Park Hill baseball alumni returned to their old stomping grounds for one of the final contests on the program’s longtime natural surface home field, it was Park Hill South who emerged victorious on May 1.
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Residents in the Weston area getting their water from Platte County Public Water Supply Districts No. 3 and 7 are reacting to a steep rate increase recently approved by the Weston Board of Aldermen. The more than 60 percent increase goes into effect this week.