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TO CONTACT US by email Click Here! or by phone 816.858.0363 It's not every day that a police officer in Platte City feels the need to draw his weapon.

The Warrior Dash extreme obstacle-course run returned to Kansas City over the weekend, with many local warriors coming to Platte Ridge Park to jump, crawl, climb, and swim the 3.11-mile course.

PLATTE CITY, Mo. - In August, 2011, two men died of heat exhaustion after competing in the Warrior Dash obstacle race.

The Warrior Dash paid attention.A Last year, the extreme Kansas heat in August proved to be too much for any event to handle.A Warrior Dashed decided to move the event to the spring and avoid the excessive temperatures that plagued the 2011 event.

PLATTE CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City man was sentenced Tuesday to 350 days in jail for his role in the July 2010 murder of 17-year-old Spencer Crosthwait in Parkville.

PLATTE CITY, Mo. - Prosecutors say that a woman suspected of being a part of a gang responsible for numerous thefts and forgeries across the Midwest is in jail after being arrested for allegedly attempting to cash a stolen check.