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The Platte County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an inmate in the jail Thursday as a suspected suicide.. Staff at the Platte County Detention Center discovered an inmate who was ...
The plan is expected to meet the county’s needs through 2048. Platte County Treasurer Rob Willard said he supports an expanded jail, but has voiced criticism of the proposed tax hike and ...
A 2023 grand jury in a Missouri circuit court agreed that the jail was over capacity. Platte County Detention Center inmates were becoming more high-risk over time and the jail was understaffed ...
Wyoming's 6th State Senate district is one of 31 districts in the Wyoming Senate. The district encompasses Platte County as well as part of Laramie County. [2] It is represented by Republican Senator Darin Smith of Cheyenne. [2] [3] In 1992, the state of Wyoming switched from electing state legislators by county to a district-based system. [4]
Wyoming entered the Union in 1890. As a territory, inmates were held at the Wyoming Territorial Prison at Laramie. Work began for a state prison at Rawlins in 1888, but the facility did not open until 1901. The building had 104 cells and housed both male and female inmates. In 1909, female inmates were transported to Colorado to serve their ...
In 1911 Platte County was created from a portion of Albany County, and Wheatland was selected as the county seat. [8] The Platte County Courthouse was built in Wheatland in 1917. The Wheatland Irrigation District is still the largest privately owned irrigation system in the country.
The Platte County sheriff’s office has two deputies tasked full-time with traffic enforcement. In 2022, the most recent available year of full data, the Platte County Sheriff’s Office recorded ...
Platte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census , the population was 8,605. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Wheatland .