Platte County, MO

At sixth-ranked, Cole County is among a cluster of the state's healthiest counties — found in Central Missouri. Also within that cluster are Osage, ranked ninth; Boone, ranked 19th; and Moniteau, ranked 23rd. Platte County, among the suburbs of Kansas City, is the healthiest county in the state.

At 21, Jeremie Rook knew he was in violation of Iowa's statutory rape law when he traveled to Platte County, Mo., to marry Brittany Koerselman, 15 and seven months pregnant. But once married, the threat of prison vanished, even though, technically, he still committed the act. “Yeah, they left us alone,” ...

At 21, Jeremie Rook knew he was in violation of Iowa's statutory rape law when he traveled to Platte County, Mo., to marry Brittany Koerselman, 15 and seven months pregnant. But once married, the threat of prison vanished, even though, technically, he still committed the act. “Yeah, they left us alone,” ...

A Kansas City man was charged Wednesday with a bank robbery in Platte County. The robbery occurred around noon Tuesday at a US Bank branch in Edgerton. Joshua W. Lewis, 27, was charged by Platte County prosecutors with burglary, stealing and resisting arrest. He was arrested after leading police ...

He assaulted staff, broke out a piece of security glass, and scaled the jail wall. The inmate, Kenneth Wilson, was immediately taken into custody by a deputy that was outside of the detention center. At the time of the escape, Wilson was being held on charges of tampering with a motor vehicle, resisting arrest ...

Authorities have picked up a 21-year-old man in Missouri who they believe is responsible for the January 2017 shooting death of Ashlyn Higgins in Omaha. Taliaferro Thompson was arrested shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday in Parkville, Missouri, according to Maj. Erik Holland of the Platte County Sheriff's ...

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