La Cygne plans for city judge change - Dec. 14, 2022
District court appointment to necessitate new selection Last week’s appointment of La Cygne’s city judge to the Kansas 6th Judicial District bench will lead to anticipated action changes next week. At the regular council meeting last Wednesday, Dec. 7, Burton Harding, city attorney,...[More]
Swimming area at Linn County Park a possibility - Dec. 14, 2022
Following the recent discussions regarding the renewal of the contract for the Park and Marina at the Linn County Lake, Don George, Kansas Wildlife and Parks Fisheries Biologist, spoke to commissioners on Monday regarding his willingness to work with the county to help with the proposed swimming area...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Dec. 14, 2022
Immense power It’s beginning to come out, installment by installment, how much Twitter influenced the 2020 election by withholding information the American public could have used in making a decision on their presidential ballots. I refer to new Twitter owner Elon Musk’s release of information...[More]
115 year old steam engine tractor moved from Trading Post Museum - Dec. 14, 2022
In a joint effort, the Trading Post Historical Society and the Western Missouri Antique Tractor and Steam Association moved a pre-1910 Advance Steam Tractor out of the Trading Post Museum to be put back in service by the Western Missouri Antique Tractor and Steam Association and displayed at Frontier...[More]
Food dyes and behavior, part 3 - Looking beyond at what we can change - Dec. 14, 2022
Food dyes are everywhere in your local grocery store; in particular, Blue No. 1, also known as Brilliant blue and Yellows #5 and #6. Brilliant Blue is used in so many everyday items - it can be found in cereals, candy, popsicles, soda, ice cream - in short, everything you might expect to find...[More]
Jayhawk boys win Linn County Tournament - Dec. 14, 2022
The Jayhawk-Linn boys’ basketball team hosted the Linn County Tournament on Dec. 6 and Dec. 8-9. The Hawks played well during the tournament and came away as champions going 3-0. They defeated Pleasanton 42-37, Prairie View 35-18, and Osawatomie 28-28. The first game was against Pleasanton...[More]
Lady Jays win Linn County Tournament - Dec. 14, 2022
The Pleasanton girls’ basketball team traveled to Jayhawk Linn on Dec. 6 and Dec. 8-9 for the Linn County Tournament. The Lady Jays played well in the tournament as they won the competition going 3-0. They defeated Jayhawk 34-22, Osawatomie 45-14 and then Prairie View in the championship, 25-18. Pleasanton’s...[More]
Prairie View girls place second at Linn County Tournament - Dec. 14, 2022
The Prairie View girls’ basketball team traveled to Jayhawk-Linn on Dec. 6 and Dec. 8-9 to compete in the Linn County Tournament. The girls went 2-1 in the tournament with blowout victories against Osawatomie and Jayhawk and a close, low scoring loss against Pleasanton in the championship. The...[More]
Amelia SueAnn Cox ~ 04-07-2019 to 11-17-2022 - Dec. 13, 2022
Linn County News Published Dec. 14, 2022 Amelia SueAnn Cox passed away on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, after battling AMKL (Acute MegaKaryoblastic Leukemia). She was born on April 7, 2019, in Overland Park, Kan., the daughter of Kyle and Chelsie Cox. Words cannot express what a wonderful...[More]
Alice Christeen McNabb ~ 11-13-1926 to 12-10-2022 - Dec. 13, 2022
Linn County News Published December 14, 2022 Alice Christeen McNabb, 96, of Parsons, died at 2:35 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. She was born in Worland, Mo., on Nov. 13, 1926, to Olen and Mary (Jacobs) Jackson. Her family moved several times throughout her childhood during the Great Depression,...[More]