Shooting in Blue Mound leads to tactical operation in Mound City - Jul. 25, 2018
Suspect arrested next day in KC Metro Area A shooting occurred in Blue Mound on Friday afternoon, July 20, in the vicinity of the 600 block of Walnut Avenue. A male victim called 911 early Friday afternoon and told the dispatcher he had been shot and needed medical assistance. To...[More]
Kelly James Brown 11-19-1982 to 07-18-2018 - Jul. 24, 2018
Linn County News Published July 25, 2018 Kelly James Brown, age 35, Linn Valley, Kan., died Wednesday, July 18, 2018. He was born in Atchison, Kan., on Nov. 19, 1982, the son of James and Shirley Schuneman Brown. He worked as a tire technician for Pumps. He was married to Amanda Fuller....[More]
Tommy Lee Gowing 08-10-1932 to 07-19-2018 - Jul. 24, 2018
Linn County News Published July 25, 2018 Tommy Lee Gowing of Parker, Kan., left this heavenly earth on Thursday, July 19, 2018, in Adrian, Mo. He was born on Aug. 10, 1932, in Kansas City, Mo., to William McKinley and Blessing Iris (Casto) Gowing. Tommy attended grade school in La Cygne,...[More]
Pleasanton/Jayhawk trapshooting team competes in National Championship - Jul. 18, 2018
The Pleasanton/Jayhawk trapshooting team traveled to Mason, Mich., on July 12-15 to compete in the 2018 USA High School Clay Target League National Championship. The team posted a 461 and a 457 for a total of 918 and 53rd place overall. The event hosted 175 teams and 1,237 competitors. “We...[More]
Pleasanton boys’ t-ball and Blue Mound softball lead the way in this past week’s tournaments - Jul. 18, 2018
Both local baseball and softball teams competed in tournaments this past week with teams being represented from Pleasanton, Blue Mound and Parker. The Pleasanton and Blue Mound T-ball teams competed in tournaments from July 9 to July 12. To see the full article, check out this week's...[More]
County Attorney explains Adult Diversion program - Jul. 18, 2018
Introducing Diversion Coordinator Letitia Ferwalt, County Attorney James Brun told the County Commissioners Monday that the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) filed a lawsuit in the Kansas Supreme Court June 8 alleging counties were not in compliance with state statutes guiding the diversion program. Ferwalt...[More]
Pulpit - ICE in the spotlight - Jul. 18, 2018
It takes one idiot, i.e., a woman scaling the Statue of Liberty on July 4, to perform a personal protest that shut the monument down for several hours, keeping 3,000 tourists away from a vacation destination. Www.rollingstone.com reported, “Four days after almost a million immigration...[More]
Benedick arraignment set for Aug. 29 continuance - Jul. 18, 2018
Arraignment for Wayne Benedick, La Cygne, has been set over for a late-August special setting. At an arraignment hearing July 10 in Linn County District Court for Benedick, defense counsel John A. DeMarco, Overland Park, requested the continuance. Alluding to a June 22 appearance in which Benedick...[More]
Commissioners look to whittle county budget - Jul. 18, 2018
With tentative budgets submitted, County Clerk David Lamb showed preliminary budget numbers to the County Commissioners and let them know that $689,364 needs to be cut from the budget, or the county will go over the 2019 tax lid and require an election to approve the budget. Lamb said...[More]
Linn County Idol contestant deadline July 27 - Jul. 18, 2018
The deadline for contestant entry in the Linn County Idol talent competition has been set for July 27. Individuals or groups interested in entering should contact 56J Productions at 913-795-2360 for entry form and rules. To see the full article, check out this week's...[More]