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Platte City · Platte CityPLATTE CITY WILL FORM A TOURISM ADVISORY COMMITTEE In Platte City, a five percent guest tax on gross receipts from charges for sleeping rooms paid by guests at hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts and online short term rentals will take effect on Nov. 1. The hotel/motel sales tax was approved by Platte City voters in April of this year, with 237 voting yes to 167 no. An ordinance establishing the city code for the guest tax was approved at a meeti…Read Article
Five percent hotel/motel tax will begin soon
Riverside, Missouri · RiversideVICTIM SUFFERED TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY A Riverside man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for assaulting his girlfriend in 2019. Charles Cooke received the prison term on July 11, after pleading guilty to first degree domestic assault in April. Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd said, “This was a brutal assault that left the victim with a traumatic brain injury. This defendant deserves every day of the prison sentence he has bee…Read Article
