Stories

• Body found in chain of burnt-out vehicles

  PLATTE CITY, Mo. — A slew of vehicle fires led Platte City investigators to the discovery of a body early Friday.

• Late notices, Feb. 4, 2012

• Man sentenced to 6 years in prison

  The Buchanan County prosecutor and a local attorney verbally battled it out Friday as they argued about the sentence for a man who admitted to assaulting his wife and breaking into another man’s house.

• Atchison woman injured in Florida crash

  An Atchison, Kan., woman, Jody Moody, sustained minor injuries last Sunday when the semitrailer she was driving was involved in the first of two multi-vehicle pileups along I-75 near Gainesville, Fla.

• Deaf Club to host Super Bowl party

  The Cross Roads Deaf Club will host its second annual Super Bowl party on Sunday at Midland Empire Resources For Independent Living, 4420 S. 40th St.