‘Community Soup’s on Us’ lunch Saturday - Feb. 21, 2018
Area churches, friends and neighbors invite the community to a free soup lunch that will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Pleasanton Housing Authority community room, 902 Palm. Soup and dessert are provided, and anyone wishing to have lunch is invited to the event. Get...[More]
Fire destroys Linn Valley house - Feb. 21, 2018
Linn County fire departments were called to the scene of a house fire at Linn Valley at approximately 4 p.m. last Friday afternoon. La Cygne and Linn Valley fire stations, among others, responded to the fire that fully engulfed the manufactured house. Homeowner Sarah Bates said she heard a noise...[More]
Wreck on U.S. 69 sends 2 to hospital - Feb. 21, 2018
A vehicle traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 69 on Friday, Feb. 16, left the roadway, landing overturned in a small grove of trees to the east of the highway. Richard Ryder, age 70, of Arma, told responding emergency personnel he was traveling north just after 10 a.m. when he had a coughing...[More]
Roderick H. McKay 09-09-1946 to 02-15-2018 - Feb. 20, 2018
Linn County News Published Feb. 21, 2018 Roderick H. McKay, age 71, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, at his home. He was born at Klamath Falls, Ore., on Sept. 9, 1946, the son of Roderick Michael and Emily Katherine Rued McKay. After graduating from high school, he attended...[More]
Mary Elizabeth Stoughton 01-16-1923 to 02-18-2018 - Feb. 20, 2018
Linn County News Published Feb. 21, 2018 Mary Elizabeth Stoughton, age 95, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of rural Mapleton, Kan., died Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018, at Country Place Living in Fort Scott. She was born Jan. 16, 1923, in rural Bourbon County, the daughter of Nixon and Eula...[More]
Robert L. “Bob†Calvert 09-14-1941 to 02-15-2018 - Feb. 20, 2018
Linn County News Published Feb. 21, 2018 Robert L. “Bob” Calvert, age 76, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, at his home after a short battle with cancer. He was born in Higginsville, Mo., on Sept. 14, 1941, the son of Robert G. and Pauline Davis Calvert. He...[More]
Marjorie Lea Lewis 09-24-1931 to 02-12-2018 - Feb. 20, 2018
Linn County News Published Feb. 21, 2018 Marjorie Lea Lewis, age 86 of Amsterdam, Mo., died Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler, Mo. She was born Sept. 24, 1931, to Roy Edward and Eva Caroline Kersting McClanahan in Caney, Kan. Marjorie, one of four children, grew up...[More]
Dan Stephen Barcus 10-26-1955 to 02-17-2018 - Feb. 20, 2018
Linn County News Published Feb. 21, 2018 Dan Stephen Barcus, age 62, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018, at Richmond Healthcare in Richmond, Kan. A memorial service for Dan will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at the Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, 9514 Perry Lane, Overland Park,...[More]
Lady Buffs earn 1st win over Jayhawk while Hawk boys earn victory over Buffalos - Feb. 14, 2018
The Prairie View basketball teams hosted non-league games against Jayhawk-Linn on Feb. 8.The two teams last played each other in the Linn County Tournament where the Jayhawk girls defeated the Prairie View girls and the Prairie View boys defeated the Jayhawk boys. The exact opposite happened this time...[More]
Lady Jays take control late, down Eagles - Feb. 14, 2018
The Pleasanton Lady Blu-Jays again took to the road to compete, this time invading Uniontown High School (UHS) to face the Lady Eagles. Pleasanton High School (PHS) proved to be the more persistent team, downing UHS 39-29 on the Eagles’ Winter Homecoming on Feb. 9.Even though Pleasanton won the...[More]