Prairie View basketball falls to Anderson County - Jan. 31, 2024
The Prairie View basketball teams traveled to Anderson County on Jan. 25 in a make-up Pioneer League game that was canceled earlier in the season due to weather. The Buffalos came out on the wrong end in both games as the girls lost in overtime 32-42 and the boys lost in a rout, 29-52. The girls’...[More]
Pleasanton basketball downs Altoona Midway - Jan. 31, 2024
The Pleasanton boys’ and girls’ basketball teams traveled to Altoona Midway on Jan. 26 for a Three Rivers League competition. The girls played first and the Lady Jays won a very low scoring, defensive game 28-12. Individual stats for the girls’ game were not available at press time. The...[More]
Jayhawk girls’ wrestling travel to Anderson County - Jan. 31, 2024
The Jayhawk Linn girls’ wrestling team traveled to Anderson County on Jan. 25 to compete in the AC Girls’ Wrestling Mixer. Harley Singer, 100B, placed fourth and went 0-3. Leah Nation, 125C, placed first going 3-0. She defeated Raegan Holbert of Erie, Daisy Smith of Labette County,...[More]
Fort Scott VA Clinic to close in Spring - Jan. 31, 2024
News of a new VA clinic opening in Iola, Kan. dampened the spirits of local veterans after they learned that the Fort Scott, Garnett and Chanute Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) will close after veteran care is transferred to the new Iola clinic. A letter sent to veterans informed them of the...[More]
Commissioners learn committee at impasse on regulations - Jan. 31, 2024
During the Monday meeting of the Linn County Commissioners Rich Morrell, chair of the Linn County Planning Commission and of the ad hoc committee tasked with reviewing the new regulations on commercial solar farms, told commissioners that the committee is at an impasse. “We’ve had five meetings,”...[More]
USD 362 may consider United Way grant - Jan. 31, 2024
The Unified School District 362 board of education may hear a United Way grant possibility to assist with preschool-age care at its regular meeting next month. At the Jan. 16 monthly board meeting, Chris Johnson, Ph.D., district superintendent, informed members of her discussions with Callie Hoffman,...[More]
JLHS art students taking part in worldwide project - Jan. 31, 2024
In recent weeks art students under the direction of instructor Dawn Carlson at Jayhawk Linn have been working on a special assignment; taking part in a specific program called The Memory Project. According to the website for the project, the Memory Project is a youth arts organization that promotes...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jan. 31, 2024
Kindergarten payments Did you hear it? The sound of my head banging on the wall yet another time; I reference the plot in Ohio by legislators to fight a high truancy percentage in students by paying some of them to attend school. Nypost.com reported, “Students as young as five could get paid...[More]
Ellery Benjamin Calkins ~ 06-07-1947 to 01-29-2024 - Jan. 30, 2024
Linn County News Published January 31, 2024 Ellery Benjamin Calkins, age 76, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Funeral Service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler,...[More]
CR-1077 Cleanup Update - Jan. 30, 2024
CR-1077 will be opening during the evening; however the road will be closed during the day while crews are working. The excavating is almost complete and back filling will begin. With luck and good weather crews will be completed and moved out by the end of the week. ...[More]