• 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

La Cygne swears in new police chief

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La Cygne swears in new police chief  Advances Phase 3 of Water Project LA CYGNE, Kan. — During Wednesday’s City Council Meeting, Mayor Debra Wilson swore in John Marino as the new chief of police for the city of La Cygne. “Thank you for entrusting me... [More]

Linn Valley economic development a key to future success

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Linn County News Jackielcn1@gmail.com   Success for a city depends on future planning, good doable ideas, listening to all constituents and making hard decisions. With that, Linn Valley is in the middle of all of those points as they move forward with several ideas... [More]

USD 344 gains students, places Meik on administrative leave

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Linn County News Jackielcn1@gmail.com   The USD 344 Board of Education met Monday night with a fairly short agenda in front of them.  The board made a unanimous decision following executive session to place Pleasanton Elementary School Principal Nathan Meik... [More]

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SPORTS

Pleasanton football falls to Southeast on Homecoming

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LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com   The Pleasanton football team celebrated their Homecoming on the evening of Oct. 9 with a game against TRL foe Southeast Cherokee. The Homecoming celebration went great but the game did not go as planned as Pleasanton had six... [More]

Jayhawk girls’ golf sends Wade to State

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LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com   The Jayhawk girls’ golf team traveled to Garnett Country Club to compete in the 3-1A sub-state hosted by Anderson County. The Lady Hawks did not have enough golfers for a team score but the ones that did go did well and... [More]

Prairie View cross country travels to Sugar Valley

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LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com   The Prairie View cross country team traveled to Sugar Valley on Oct. 8 to compete in the Coach Chet Hunter Invitational hosted by Jayhawk. The Buffalos ran well in the event with the seventh grade girls team placing first with... [More]

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Loren LeRoy Miller, 77, of Raytown, Mo., formerly of La Cygne, Kan., died on Sunday, July 17, 2016, at Olathe Medical Center. Loren was born Oct. 13, 1938, in La Cygne to Grover Lorain “Bud” and Mary Enid (Morgan) Miller. He graduated from La Cygne Rural High School in the Class of 1956.

Loren was a carpenter by trade and worked in construction building homes and businesses. He retired from Kansas University Medical Center where he worked for 16 years in the maintenance department. Loren was a member of the Carpenter’s Union and Lions Club International.

Loren enjoyed working on his farm and gardening. He especially enjoyed spending time with his kids and grandkids.

Loren was preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, Roland Hurst Miller.

Survivors include two sons, Kent Miller of Parker, Kan., and Kevin Miller and wife Vickie of Butler, Mo.; two daughters, Tamela Null and husband Robert of Louisburg, Kan., and Tonguie Bandel and husband Roger of Perry, Kan.; three brothers, Larry D. Miller, Phillip R. Miller and Francis L. Miller; two sisters, Loleta A. Steed and Elaine Elliott; 11 grandchildren, Scott, Amber, Creston, Joshua, Brandon, Bettina, Emily, Kerri, Kevic, Keysha and Kaleb; and 21 great-grandchildren; and his special friend Elizabeth Sager.

A funeral service for Loren will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 23, 2016, at Schneider Funeral Home & Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. A visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, July 22, 2016, at the La Cygne Chapel. Burial will follow in Ninety Six Cemetery, east of La Cygne. The family suggests memorials to the Alzheimer’s Foundation in care of Schneider Funeral Home, P.O. Box 304, La Cygne, KS 66040.

OBITUARIES

Patricia Ann Sloan ~ 07-09-1932 to 10-10-2026

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Linn County News Published October 14, 2026   Patricia Ann Sloan, age 94, a resident of Sugar Valley Lake in Mound City, Kan., passed away unexpectedly Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, at her home. She was born July 9, 1932, in Lamar, Mo., the daughter of Morris Larson and... [More]

Florine O’Rourke ~ 09-09-1924 to 10-11-2026

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Linn County News Published October 14, 2026   Florine was born Sept. 9, 1924, on a small farm outside Prescott, Kan., the youngest of six children, to A.E and Florence Holmes. As spoiled as one could possibly be during the Great Depression, she still managed to... [More]

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

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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]

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