NEWS
SPECIAL: IT'S TIME TO VOTE!!!
IT'S TIME TO VOTE FOR YOUR CHOICE FOR THE COVER OF OUR UPCOMING 2027 CALENDAR!! GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND LOG YOUR VOTE FOR THE PHOTO OF YOUR CHOICE INTO THE COMMENTS! VOTING WILL BE ALLOWED FOR A LIMITED TIME SO GET YOUR CHOICE NOTED TODAY!
SPECIAL: Lane reduction starts this week on K-68 expressway in Miami County
The Kansas Department of Transportation will begin replacing a concrete box culvert on K-68 west of Louisburg in Miami County this week as part of the $60 million four-lane expressway project. The work is expected to begin on Wednesday, Nov. 4, conditions permitting. A traffic... [More]
Blue Mound water tower project issues continue
LINN COUNTY NEWS Issues over funding of the water tower project were the main topic of discussion for Blue Mound city council members during their regular monthly meeting on Monday, Nov. 2. Cost for the entirety of the project has come in over budget; the city... [More]
More News
- Advance voting numbers high for general election
- Commissioners address LCFD tire need
- SPECIAL: Case filed in federal court alleges distribution, possession of child pornography
- SPECIAL: 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission sends names of nominees for district judge to governor
- Parker welcomes Case Higgins home after accident
- Judge Ward retires, committee interviews new candidates
- Commissioners discuss truck purchase options
- Commissioners approve application for transportation grant
SPORTS
Jayhawk boys’ cross country places second at State
LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com The Jayhawk Linn cross country team’s strong season continued this past Saturday, Oct. 31, at the 2A State cross country championship in Wamego. The event was far from scary for the Hawks as the boys’ team placed... [More]
Prairie View football wins final game against Parsons
LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com It was déjà vu for the Buffalo football team as they hosted the Parsons Vikings for the final game on the season on Oct. 29. The Buffalos played at Parsons on Oct. 2 and won that game 37-36. This one they had a... [More]
Pleasanton trapshooting captures conference championship
LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com The Pleasanton trapshooting team captured the conference championship for the 2026 fall season. Pleasanton competes in the Class 1A conference six with six other teams. The Jays placed first with a score of 2,354.5 and were... [More]
More Sports
- Pleasanton football falls to Chase County
- Jayhawk cross country qualifies boys’ varsity team and Meyer for State
- Prairie View cross country competes at 3A Sub-State
- Prairie View football picks up a big win against Anderson County
- Pleasanton volleyball finishes regular season
- Jayhawk football falls against Neodesha
- Pleasanton football falls to Southeast on Homecoming
- Jayhawk girls’ golf sends Wade to State
Linn County News
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Perhaps some of you have noticed the recent changes occurring at and with the Linn County News; but for those of you who have not, let’s take a little trip through recent weeks and our upgrades to a fresh look in our publications.
We began with noticing a need to make some changes to our website; giving it a fresh, new look and, hopefully, making it more user-friendly in the process. We changed the color scheme, the layout (or design) of the pages, added new things, and took a few things out.
The new layout allows for users and visitors to see more clearly what our lead story of the week is and still provides a quick view of other articles. We made that same upgrade on our subpages, such as Sports, Community, and Opinions. We did away with the Advertisers Spotlight and added more advertising spots to our home and sub-pages, giving our advertisers a better ability to reach our readers with click-through ads that drive our readers and website visitors right back to our advertisers’ own websites and pages – and our marketing staff are filling those spots left and right!
We added an online directory for local churches in the county, set out by city alphabetically. It is accessible in a drop-down menu under the Community section link in the menu at the top of the page. We also added a Community Events page that gives us the ability to share listings and ads for local community events, such as our Halloween listing or a reminder to go vote in the election or the upcoming holiday celebrations, and much more. Within our own content, such as our weekly calendar, we added links to the local libraries so our readers and visitors can more easily access their sites and information, not to mention the links we have shared for local meetings.
In our printed edition, we’ve made a change to the header on our front page and some changes in placement, such as adding our weekly calendar to our opinion page in an effort to free up more space for news and community-related articles.
And while all of these changes are happening, we are still looking at ways to improve our publication for you, our readers.
The new motto we adopted recently says it all… Local News ~ Our community depends on it.
COMMUNITY
Wheelchair benefit scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21
The Christian Churches of Mound City and Pleasanton have joined strengths and are co-sponsoring a special evening to provide 300 new wheelchairs to individuals in Mexico through the American Wheelchair Mission and God’s Faithful Servants’. The American Wheelchair... [More]
A short history of Halloween
Every year on October 31 most American kids and their friends celebrate Halloween. They go out house to house to get candy. But do you know where the history of Halloween originated from? Let’s go explore the 2,000-year history of Halloween! Over 2,000 years ago,... [More]
Case Higgins welcome home rally Oct. 22
Linn County News Jackielcn1@gmail.com Following an accident that occurred July 24 on an Oklahoma race track, Case Higgins is headed home and supporters are organizing “the best welcome home rally a kid could ask for.” Higgins was badly burned when his... [More]
More Community
- Murder and Mayhem at the Fort
- General Pleasonton Days set for this weekend
- Pioneer Harvest Fiesta set for this weekend
- Dog reunited with long-lost family
- Local kids have good showing at State Fair
- John and Helen Barnes Community Fund grant awards announced
- Sources of Strength brings hope, help and strength to JLHS students this year
- America 250: The American Revolution The Founding Fathers
