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PLATTSBURG
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DANCING!
WEAUBLEAU
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Undefeated Tigers beat Weaubleau, advance to Final Four by brett adkison leader editor
For the second time in five years, the Plattsburg Tigers basketball team is on its way to Springfield and the Missouri Class 2 Final Four.
The Tigers – 30-0 and ranked first in the state – knocked off Weaubleau 53-46 in the state quarterfinals on Friday, March 3, at Civic Arena in St. Joseph, earning a spot in the 2023 Show-Me Showdown this
week in Springfield, Mo. Plattsburg will play Principa (24-6), a St. Louis private school, in the Class 2 state semifinals this Friday, March 10, 2 p.m., at the Hammons Center on the campus of Missouri
State University. With a win, the Tigers would play for the state championship the following day at 6 p.m. at Great Southern Bank Arena against either Hartville or Salisbury. With a loss, Plattsburg would play
for third place on Saturday morning. For a time on Friday, it looked like Plattsburg would run away with the quarterfinal victory. Moments later, Weaubleau ap||Continued on A7
Parading with the Chiefs
Plattsburg native Kim Hobbs earns second ring as KC executive
Tigers of Character See which students at Ellis Elementary in Plattsburg impressed teachers with their Tiger Habits last month. || PAGE A6
The End of a Golden Era The East Buchanan girls basketball team fights hard but falls in the state sectional round. || PAGE A7
Sheriff ’s Report Get a comprehensive look at what went on in law enforcement the previous week throughout Clinton County. || PAGE A3
by steve tinnen
leader publisher emeritus
The remarkable success story of the Kansas City Chiefs football team, with its MVP quarterback, Patrick Mahomes, has provided Chiefs fans with plenty of special opportunities. These special opportunities are also enjoyed by Kim Hobbs, a 1990 graduate of Plattsburg High School, who is the vice president of partnerships, premium sales and media with the Chiefs. This spot provides her with an inside view of the workings of the super successful football team. Ms. Hobbs accepted her current position six years ago, and since that time, the Chiefs have played in the last five AFC championship games at GEHA Arrowhead Stadium, winning three of them, earning them three trips to the Super Bowl – 2020, 2021 and 2023. While there is nonstop success on the football field, it also leads to a nonstop work schedule for Hobbs and her team. There is no complaining from the highly-successful, hard-working woman from Plattsburg. Apparently, she reaches back to that competitive spirit and drive that helped her earn All-KCI honors on the basketball court for the Lady Tigers. That extra effort hasn’t gone unnoticed.
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Board approves subdivides in Lathrop, Plattsburg by jim bonebrake leader reporter
During the monthly Clinton County Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on Thursday, March 2, the commission approved requests for two
minor subdivisions (one with a rezoning) and updated the county’s solar criteria regulations. The commission also amended some sections of zoning order to better comply with state statutes.
The first request for a minor subdivide was by Stacey and Dana Evans of Lathrop, Mo., who applied to the commission for a subdivide of 82.21 acres into two tracts measuring 72.21 and 10.00 acres.
The Evanses also were asking for a rezoning of the 10-acre tract from Ag-A to Ag-B. The property is located on the south side of SE 240th Street, west of SE Mule Barn Rd., West of I-35, Lathrop, MO.
There is currently a well and outbuilding on the 10 acres and the owners plan to sell that tract to Tony Hopkins. They plan to leave the 72.21 acres as farmland. There is no flood ||Continued on A2
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