EVANGELINE PARISH, La. (KLFY)– After several different occasions of authorities attempting to capture a Ville Platte man who had felony warrants, the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office finally arrested him, with the help of the the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Deputies first got a tip that Triston Vidrine was located at an address on Majic […]
EVANGELINE PARISH, La. (KLFY)– A Ville Platte man was arrested after authorities were informed of a sexual assault between an uncle and his 10-year-old niece, which happened almost one year ago. After learning about the assault on June 12, the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office discovered, through further investigation, that there had been inappropriate sexual behavior […]
A man died due to an apparent drowning late Wednesday at a Platte County lake. Fire crews responded around 8:30 p.m. on a mutual aid call to Houston Lake, where they found a man floating in water near a small dock, according to Michael Hopkins, a spokesman for the Kansas City Fire Department. The man […]
Platte County commissioners are weighing a proposal that would triple the size of the Platte County Detention Center. The detention center’s last major expansion, in 1998, added 150 beds. The population of Platte County has since grown by nearly 80%, officials said. The jail now houses 180 inmates, with second beds added to some cells. […]
A repeat sex offender in Platte County was found guilty after a three-day trial Wednesday on charges he raped a 14-year-old girl multiple times between 2016 and 2017. Joseph E. Ginn was found guilty by a jury of second degree statutory rape, two counts of second degree statutory sodomy and second degree child molestation, according […]
One person was killed when a fire swept through a mobile home early Tuesday near Riverside in rural Platte County, a spokesman for the Southern Platte Fire Protection District said. A caller reported the fire shortly before 7 a.m. in the 5900 block of NW 47th Way, said Division Chief Chris Denney with the fire […]
An inmate who died in the Platte County Detention Center on Feb. 1 has been identified as a Kansas City woman. Staff at the detention center discovered an inmate, identified as Lisa Michelle Ellington, 55, of Kansas City, who was unresponsive in one of the housing units around 3:50 p.m. last Thursday, according to the […]
The main entrance into Platte City from Interstate 29 is closed after a truck with an over-sized load struck and damaged the Missouri 92 bridge on Monday afternoon, a spokeswoman for the Missouri Department of Transportation said. The bridge is closed in both directions indefinitely while the transportation department’s bridge division evaluates what repairs need […]