The high school fall sports season is upon us, and all three county schools are getting ready for football, volleyball and cross country seasons.
It will be exciting to watch all the kids and all the teams this season, but several athletes should have big years barring injury and other unforeseen events.
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SPORTS
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism hosts annual fishing derby
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) held their annual fishing derby on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 12, at the Linn County Fair and Rodeo. There were over 30 kids present at the event and in one hour’s time they caught over 100 fish. There were three... [More]
Linn County Fair and Rodeo Pedal Pull
The annual pedal pull was held at the Linn County Fair and Rodeo on the evening of Aug. 11. Kids from age 4 to age 12 competed in the event with the top three from each age group advancing to the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson. In the 4-year-olds, Hunter Yarick was first with... [More]
More Sports
- Mound City, Pleasanton are winners in this past weekend’s baseball tournaments
- KSHSAA classification changes coming in 2018-2019
- Pleasanton golf hosts home invitational; all 3 county schools compete
- Allen medals for the Buffalos at State
- JV volleyball participates in MVHS tournament
- Catching summer panfish
- Pokemon GO going wild at Kansas state parks
- Pleasanton golf hosts varsity invitational
NEWS
Monday total solar eclipse closest to Linn County in 2 centuries
Linn County gazers of Monday’s Great American Eclipse never experienced totality, as did watchers 70 miles to the north. Still, the total solar eclipse was the closest to Linn County since one passed on a northeastward arc from Wichita through Kansas City on June 18, 1806,... [More]
McNabb attorney requests competency determination
David McNabb appeared in court on Monday, Aug. 21, with his attorney, Edward Battitori, in front of 6th Judicial District Judge Mark Ward for the purpose of hearing multiple motions prior to the preliminary hearing, which is set for Sept. 5 and 6 in which McNabb is accused of... [More]
Flood claims life of Pleasanton man
The Linn County Sheriff’s Department received word from the Miami County Sheriff’s Department early Tuesday, Aug. 22, that Robert Dean Schoenhals, 56, of Pleasanton, was killed early Tuesday morning after his car drove through flood waters and was swept into deep... [More]
More News
- Pleasanton blood drive to benefit local patients July 3
- Sumter sentenced in shaken baby case
- Jennifer Jo (Stevens) Shaw 01-29-1979 to 03-17-2017
- Sumter pleads guilty to child abuse charges
- Breaking News: Weis, Kleidosty arrested on charges of failure to report child abuse
- La Cygne voices construction damage agreement City also to seek downtown alley-meter bids
- La Cygne City Council acts on personnel items
- Misunderstanding tables AMR\Linn Valley ambulance agreement
COMMUNITY
McCullough new owner of Mid-State Restoration
Working to make sure concrete recently poured behind the Pleasanton Food Fair building was level, Danny McCullough checked instruments to ensure the job was done well – just one of the many jobs he handles as new owner of what is now Mid-States Restoration. “The purchase... [More]
JRK Portable Welding expands facility
When you enter Mound City from the east on Kansas Highway 52, a sign on the right-hand side of the road advertises a portable welding and sandblasting service. This business, JRK Portable Welding, is owned and operated by J.R. Kerr. Kerr, a local resident, knew while a teenager... [More]
JRK Portable Welding expands facility
When you enter Mound City from the east on Kansas Highway 52, a sign on the right-hand side of the road advertises a portable welding and sandblasting service. This business, JRK Portable Welding, is owned and operated by J.R. Kerr. Kerr, a local resident, knew while a teenager... [More]
More Community
- Magliacano Metal Worx sets up shop in La Cygne
- La Cygne Library: Working to build a better world
- Chapter CV P.E.O.
- Summers second in Neosho Valley Art Exhibit
- 30 homemade dinners/freezer and flat screen TV giveaway
- Community Prayer Breakfast May 5 in La Cygne
- Renew, refresh, recharge
- Blue Mound Federated Church welcomes new missionary pastor