• The 2026 Pleasanton Homecoming King and Queen are Anthony Sousley and Olive Skipper, joining them are crownbearers Waylon Marsh and Inez Easley.

  • he Mound City Historical Society, in conjunction with the Material Girls Quilting Guild of Linn County, held a quilt show at the Mound City Historical Park over the weekend. The raffle item was a patriotic quilt made and donated by the quilt guild. The lucky winner was Chasity Ware.

  • The Jolly Market, located at Jayhawk Linn High School, also saw large crowds this weekend. Vendors filled the main gym and commons area.

  • Mound City’s own Jayhawk Linn Junior High and High School marching band, directed by Rachel Wilson, plays patriotic music as they make their way through town.

  • Children scurry to gather handfuls of candy at the beginning of the parade.

  • Saturday’s annual Sugar Mound Arts and Crafts parade featured a patriotic theme, in honor of America’s 250th birthday this year. Grand marshals for the parade included local veterans who have participated in Honor Flight Network.

  • 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.

NEWS

Pleasanton explores forensic audit idea

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Appoints city clerk, deputy clerk   Linn County News Jackielcn1@gmail.com   The Tuesday, Oct. 13, Pleasanton City Council meeting was productive for city business as the council appointed a city clerk and deputy city clerk unanimously. Following several... [More]

P&Z elects new officers

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Linn County News  linncountynewsreporter@gmail.com   The Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission met on Tuesday, Oct. 13. During the meeting the board discussed the election of a new Chair and Vice Chair and by unanimous vote Hal Aggers was elected Chair and... [More]

Pleasanton’s Cedar & Ash Street paving tied down

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Linn County News Jackielcn1@gmail.com   Jason Hoskinson, engineer for BG Consultants, visited with the Pleasanton Council Tuesday night concerning Ash Street from 10th to 17th streets and Cedar from 4th to 10th streets and said the firm received two bids for paving... [More]

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SPORTS

Prairie View football picks up a big win against Anderson County

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LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com   The Prairie View football team hosted Anderson County on Oct. 16 and defeated the Bulldogs, 20-14. Not only was the win over a Pioneer League opponent but also a 3A District opponent as the Buffalos are now 1-2 in district... [More]

Pleasanton volleyball finishes regular season

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LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com   The Pleasanton volleyball team finished their regular season this past week with a home game against Kansas City Christian on Oct. 15 and a Three Rivers League triangular at Oswego against Central Heights and Oswego. At the... [More]

Jayhawk football falls against Neodesha

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LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com The Jayhawk Linn football team hosted district foe Neodesha on Oct. 16 and fell to the Blue Streaks 58-20. The Hawks are in Class 2A District 2 and are currently the four seed with a 1-2 district record and a 3-4 record overall. Jayhawk... [More]

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Cleo Roselle Correll, 65, of Centerville, Kan., died at 7:55 p.m. Sunday, June 28, 2015, at the Arma Health and Rehabilitation in Arma, Kan. Mrs. Correll was born Aug. 16, 1949, at Girard, Kan., the daughter of Augustine and Cleo Gilbert Mengarelli.
Roselle was a school teacher and homemaker who had been a resident of Centerville since 1999. She was raised in Girard and graduated from Girard High School in 1967. She later attended Ft. Scott Community College and Pittsburg State University and received a bachelor of science degree in early childhood education. She taught at the Navaho reservation in Arizona and the University of Utah. She was a para-professional at Prairie View School District in Linn County and served on the after-school program.
She married Dwight Correll Nov. 3, 1981 at Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Correll survives at the home. She was a member the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints in Pittsburg.
Survivors include her husband, Dwight of the home; two sons, Nathan (Kimberly) Correll of Houston, Texas and Bryce (Kristen) Correll of Oklahoma City, Okla.; two daughters, Ashli (Quinten) Webber of Westphalia, Kan., and Trista (Nicholas) Bieberle of Iola, Kan.; three sisters, Barbara Babcock of Arma, Beverly Vogel of Topeka, and Rachelle Mengarelli of Arma; two brothers, Gene Mengarelli of Prescott and Jimmie Mengarelli of Girard; and seven grandchildren, Molly and Eleanor Correll, Trowit, Brya, and Rayne Webber, Chloe Correll, and Jax Bieberle.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 3, 2015, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1507 S. Rouse, Pittsburg, Kan., with President Andrew Dokos officiating. Burial will be at the Union Cemetery in rural Girard, Kan. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Bedene Funeral Home at Arma, Kan. The family suggests in lieu of flowers memorials be made to the Roselle Correll Memorial Fund. Donations may be sent to or left at the Bedene Funeral Home, 517 E. Washington, Box 621, Arma, KS 66712.

OBITUARIES

Paul B. Eskew Moeller ~ 08-10-2966 to 08-28-2026

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Linn County News  Published October 21, 2026   Paul (Big Paul) Moeller was born Aug. 10, 1966, to Paul Eskew and Della Manning in Contra Costa County California. He lived in Leavenworth, Kan., until the family moved to Blue Mound in June of 1990. Paul quickly... [More]

Toni Gay Worthington ~ 03-16-1945 to 09-09-2026

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Linn County News  Published October 21, 2026   Toni Gay Worthington, 81, formerly of Mound City, Kan., died on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at Kansas City Hospice House after experiencing declining health. Toni was born on March 16, 1945, in Mound City, Kan. She... [More]

Laurel Lee Brownback Elliott ~ 08-09-1943 to 10-11-2026

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Linn County News Published October 21, 2026   Laurel Lee Brownback Elliott, age 83, Parker, Kan., passed away Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. She was born on Aug. 9, 1943, in rural Centerville, Kan., the daughter of Clyde and Shirley Drake Brownback. She attended... [More]

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