• Tanner Holt and Alison Willard are Jayhawk’s 2026 Homecoming King and Queen. Left to right: Coralynn Bukkila, Landon Higgins, Aubreigh Summers, Dominic Alvarez, Queen Alison Willard, King Tanner Holt, Chloe Riley, and Rayse Dean. Crownbearers are Kyndall Cummings and Korbin Cleland.

  • Alison Willard, Chloe Riley and Coralynn Bukkila cheer in their Jayhawk Linn Homecoming candidate formal gowns after Willard was crowned queen.

  • Cars featured in the car show entered the parade before going to the park for car show.

  • Pleasanton City Fire plays music during the cake walk held Saturday.

  • Rose Troth, General Pleasonton parade chair, stands with her husband, Marty. They won 1st and 2nd place tractors with 1950 Wards tractors that they pull with.

  • This week’s Out on the Gravel, taken by Abigail Hughes, is a gorgeous sunset over the La Cygne Lake with the power plant in the background reflected in the water. If you have a photo you’d like to share for Out on the Gravel, please send it to Barbara at linncountynewsreporter@gmail.com. KEEP an eye on next week's paper for exciting news about our Out on the Gravel submissions!

  • Approximately 100 students meet at the pole in front of Pleasanton High School for Meet You At The Pole last Wednesday before school. They prayed for the nation, state, school and much more during their time together. PHOTO Submitted By Derek Brown

  • A visitor at the doctor’s tent during the Heritage Day celebration and reenactment on Saturday at Mine Creek Battlefield looks at actual medical instruments that were used in the 1860s.

  • Reenactors of the Confederate Army perform marching exercises during Heritage Day at Mine Creek Battlefield Saturday, Sept. 26.

  • PVHS Homecoming royalty - Gabbi Culler and Nolan Boyd

NEWS

Marino sworn in as police chief

thumb

La Cygne's interim police chief, John Marino, was sworn in Wednesday evening as the new City Police Chief. Photo courtesy of Michael Ronnebaum

Voter deadlines approach

thumb

Linn County News Jackielcn1@gmail.com   Every election is important, but the upcoming Nov. 3 general election is being touted as one of the most consequential elections of our times.  With that, it bears looking at how many voters actually turn out with only... [More]

Office succession in a municipality

thumb

What happens if an elected official resigns?   Linn County News linncountynewsreporter@gmail.com   The succession of offices in a municipality is set out by Kansas statute and is outlined on the website for the Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. In Chapter... [More]

More News

SPORTS

Jayhawk earns hard fought win over Fredonia

thumb

LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com   The Jayhawk Linn football team hosted Fredonia for their Homecoming on Oct. 2.  It was a battle but the Hawks ended up holding on for a 14-6 victory.  Jayhawk scored first as quarterback Londonn Burk ran in a 10 yard... [More]

Prairie View football picks up big win against Parsons

thumb

LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com   The Prairie View football team has now won two games in a row as they defeated Parsons at Parsons on Oct. 2.  This was a very close game with two evenly matched teams, but the Buffalos prevailed at the end with a 37-36... [More]

Pleasanton football falls to Cair Paravel

thumb

LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com   The Pleasanton football team traveled to Topeka on Oct. 2 for a game against a small private school, the Cair Paravel Lions. The Lions had a good football team as the Jays were defeated 54-6. It was all Lions from the beginning... [More]

More Sports

thumb

Cledys Atwater, 81, of Osawatomie, Kan., passed away March 18, 2015, at Life Care Center of Osawatomie. He was born March 7, 1934, in Centerville, Kan.
Cledys married Charlene Farr Sept. 11, 1954, in Ardmore, Okla.
Cledys proudly served his country in the United States Air Force during the Korean War, and was a rural mail carrier, serving postal patrons in the Stanley/Stillwell, Centerville, and Mound City, Kan. area for 40 years.
Preceding him in death were his wife Charlene Atwater; parents, William Francis and Sylvia May (Melton) Atwater; brothers, Clovis (George) Eldon Atwater and Adrian Lorraine Johnson.
He is survived by his three children, son, Grayden Royce Atwater (Cinda); daughters, Lori Rachelle French (David) of Osawatomie, Kan., and Lisa Renee Klebba (John) of Linn, Mo. There are eight much loved grandchildren, Abby, Aaron, Andy and Annie French, John (Jessica) Klebba, Joe (Emilee) Klebba, Megan Klebba and Patrick Klebba; one great-grandchild, Jacey Klebba, daughter of John and Jessica Klebba; and sister-in-law, Judy Atwater of Lenexa, Kan.
There was cremation with no formal services at this time. Arrangements by Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home, Osawatomie, Kan. Leave condolences at www.eddybirchard.com.

OBITUARIES

Sharon Vail Tennison ~ 07-19-1948 to 10-10-2026

thumb

Linn County News Published October 14, 2026   Sharon Vail Tennison, 78, of Girard, died at 9:10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, in the Medicalodge in Frontenac, Kan., where she had been residing for approximately three years. Sharon was born July 19, 1948, in... [More]

Samuel Chilton Bryant ~ 04-14-1990 to 09-11-2026

thumb

Linn County News Published October 14, 2026   Samuel Chilton Bryant, 36, of Centerville, Kan., went to be with the Lord on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, at St. Luke's Hospital Heart Institute, Kansas City, Mo., after a serious health battle. Sam was born on April 14,... [More]

Bobby Lee Runkle ~ 11-26-1956 to 09-15-2026

thumb

Linn County News Published September 23, 2026   Bobby Lee Runkle, 69, of Centerville, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. He was born Nov. 26, 1956, in Dixon, Ill., to the late Bobby Hugh Runkle and the... [More]

More Obituaries

View All Obituaries
PLEASANTON WEATHER

OBITUARIES POLICY

• May be mailed, e-mailed, faxed or hand delivered.
• Must be received by 9 a.m. on Tuesday morning in order to appear in that week's edition.
• Obituaries submitted by funeral homes will be billed to the funeral home.
• Full obituaries submitted by individuals are required to be paid in advance.
• Cost: $40 for 300 words or less. Each additional word over 300, 10¢. Photograph $5.
Call Barbara at 913-352-6235 or e-mail linncountynewsreporter@gmail.com

View Legals for Free