• Sutton Roofing crew members work to pull old roof shingles and decking off so replacement tile and metal roofing can be installed. The spires will be painted and new glass installed.

  • Another view of the recent work on the roof of the courthouse.

  • More of the roof work at the Linn County Courthouse.

  • Luis works off of ropes on the south side of the courthouse nailing new shingles. In the background is the former Linn County District Court.

  • Pleasanton fall trapshooting finishes fourth in conference

  • Kids at the Mound City Halloween Parade are not shy about taking what candy they need from the bowl.

  • Chickens are gathering candy from Mitchell Wood at the Mound City Halloween Parade.

  • Pleasanton’s Public Works Department was set up on Main Street on Friday evening for the city’s annual Halloween Trunk-or-Treat.

  • Students at Pleasanton Elementary walk up Main Street, trick or treating at local businesses and those set up along the way, as they make their way north and then south again.

  • Peter Pan and Captain Hook pass out candy to the Flash at Parker Elementary on Thursday afternoon.

NEWS

Wills appointed fourth councilman for Pleasanton

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The election and the death of Pleasanton Councilwoman Angelina Randall left four seats open on the Pleasanton Council. Voters kept Rochelle Schreckhise and chose Kenny Stark and Sandy Haynes to fill the open seat of Kimberly Herring and that of Aaron Portmann, who chose to... [More]

Write in votes upset some races after final tally

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Following last week’s election, the Linn County Elections Officer and the County Clerks’ staff went through and tallied the write-in votes for each race. Some of those races were upset by the final count while other openings were actually determined. In La Cygne,... [More]

Linn Valley bonds sell well, no tax increase for new fire truck

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The Linn Valley City Council held its bi-monthly meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2025, with Mayor Lew Donelson presiding and all council members present.    The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance followed by an opening prayer by Council Member John... [More]

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SPORTS

Loss of seniors contributes to Buff regional loss to end season

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As the waning full moon appeared above the horizon to make its ascent over the Prairie View football field’s northeast end zone Friday night, playoff hopes for the host Buffalos to continue on, in contrast, descended, as Meriden-Jefferson West completed a Class 3-A regional-round... [More]

Pleasanton fall trapshooting finishes fourth in conference

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The Pleasanton trap shooting team competed in the 2025 Kansas State High School Clay Target League fall season this year and did very well in their conference. The Jays competed in 1A Conference 4 and finished fourth as a team with a total of 1,879 points.  To see the... [More]

Blu-Jay season ends with bi-district loss

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For a town which openly celebrated All Saint’s (Hallow’s) Day on Saturday, Olpe’s high school football team, eighth-ranked in Class 1-A, put a Halloween-eve hex on Pleasanton last Thursday night, scoring five touchdowns in the game’s first 12:12 and going... [More]

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COMMUNITY

Prairie View FFA team places well at national Ag Mechanics competition

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This past week, a four-member team from Prairie View’s FFA chapter traveled to Indianapolis, Ind. to compete at the National Ag Mechanics CDE competition. According to Trenton Smedley, PV FFA sponsor, the national competition consisted of each team member completing a... [More]

Heartland awards $5,000 to Linn County Fair Association for fairgrounds intercom system

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The Linn County Fair Association has been awarded $5,000 from Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative’s Concern for Community program to install a new intercom system at the Linn County Fairgrounds. The project will provide fair organizers and volunteers with the ability... [More]

Like father, like sons

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Rodeo family shares the arena at the Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo in Mulvane next month   REDFIELD, Kan. – The family that rodeos together, stays together. Or so goes the saying, with a bit of modification. But that’s the case for the Eck family of Redfield,... [More]

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