Buffalo gutsy effort falls short at Frontenac - Oct. 20, 2021
This Prairie View football season has been marked by injury attrition to projected starters among its 19 rostered seniors. Kyle Waterman has missed the entire season with a summer-scrimmage leg injury, and Micah Eastwood’s campaign is now finished because of a collarbone. Colby Garretson, out...[More]
Jayhawk football defeats West Franklin on Homecoming - Oct. 20, 2021
The Jayhawk football team hosted district opponent West Franklin on Oct. 15 for their Homecoming. It ended up being a good Homecoming because after a tight first half the Hawks opened things up in the second half and won 32-13. Neither team scored in the first quarter. West Franklin was the first...[More]
Fire safety education in our schools - Oct. 20, 2021
Firefighters from Linn County Rural Fire Station 920 in Pleasanton presented a fire safety program last Thursday, Oct. 14, at Pleasanton Elementary. “We do this program to give the students a basis of what to do in a fire,” said Capt. Jeff Wisdom of Station 920. “Originally Fire Chief...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Oct. 20, 2021
Going home I don’t care how much a place changes; it’s always home. And that is how Colorado is for me. I was fortunate to be able to take a few days last weekend and go back, Denver one day and Estes Park the rest. Denver – a big, dirty city – but my friend I travel with and...[More]
Agreement to sell real estate signed by Pleasanton Council - Oct. 20, 2021
Following news that the former Cox Motor Co. building was going to become the home of the new trade school, the Pleasanton City Council signed an agreement to sell real estate Monday evening at their regular meeting. City Attorney Burton Harding told the council that the city of Pleasanton and the lessor,...[More]
Parker leaders hear about broadband proposal - Oct. 20, 2021
City share of federal ARPA funds could help with fiber optics Parker leaders discussed a proposal by Peoples Telecommunications LLC, La Cygne, to bring broadband internet to the city. At the monthly council meeting last Thursday, Cherry Buckley, city clerk, informed attendees that she had been...[More]
Michael Allen Bishop 01-29-1947 to 10-09-2021 - Oct. 15, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 20, 2021 Michael Allen Bishop, age 74 of Grove, Okla., formerly of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. He was born the son of Jacob T. and Erma O. Giffin Bishop on Jan. 29, 1947, at Blue Mound, Kan. Mike joined the United States...[More]
OraBelle Guilfoyle 10-29-1931 to 10-13-2021 - Oct. 15, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 20, 2021 OraBelle Guilfoyle, age 89, Fort Scott, Kan., and formerly of Greeley, Kan., passed Oct. 13, 2021. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, at St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Greeley, Kan. Burial...[More]
Richard “Rick†Eugene Courtois 02-24-1947 to 10-13-2021 - Oct. 14, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 20, 2021 Richard "Rick" Eugene Courtois, age 74, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. He was born in Pleasanton on Feb. 24, 1947, the son of Charles and Freda Johnson Courtois. He graduated from Pleasanton High School. Rick...[More]
Pleasanton football gets first win of season against Northern Heights on Homecoming - Oct. 13, 2021
Before Oct. 8, the Pleasanton football team had not won a game this season. That changed on Oct. 8 as the Jays hosted district foe Northern Heights on Homecoming night. Pleasanton had no problems as they won in a rout 67-16. The Jays moved the ball at will on offense all night. It started with back...[More]