James Raymond Howell 10-16-1945 to 10-04-2021 - Oct. 12, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 13, 2021 James Raymond Howell, age 75, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Graveside funeral service with military honors will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, at the Fort Scott National Cemetery. Contributions are suggested to help defray...[More]
George Junior Williams 11-07-1949 to 10-11-2021 - Oct. 12, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 13, 2021 George Junior Williams, 71, of La Cygne, Kan., died at 2:39 a.m. Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, at Promise Hospital in Overland Park, Kan. He was born in Topeka, Kan., on Nov. 7, 1949, the son of Loren “Lee” and Ruby M. (Eiserman) Williams. He married Linda...[More]
Thomas Eugene Schasteen 11-11-1934 to 08-29-2021 - Oct. 12, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 13, 2021 Thomas Eugene Schasteen, age 86, formerly of Mound City, Kan., passed away Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. He was born on Nov. 11, 1934, in Mound City, the son of Abraham Lincoln and Beulah Hewitt Schasteen. He proudly served his country in the United States Army serving...[More]
Richard Lee White 09-03-1943 to 09-28-2021 - Oct. 12, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 13, 2021 Richard Lee White, age 78, formerly of Linn Valley, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, at his daughter’s home in Bedford, Texas. He was born in Henderson, Ky., on Sept. 3, 1943, the son of James Arnett and Mildred Lucille Richmond White. He was...[More]
William Dean “Bill†Potter 11-30-1946 to 10-06-2021 - Oct. 12, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 13, 2021 On Oct. 6, 2021, William Dean “Bill” Potter, Pittsburg, Kan., moved to eternal rest from the family home where he was lovingly cared for by his daughter and wife. Bill was born on Nov. 30, 1946, to Orville and Virginia Potter in Columbus, Kan. He...[More]
Mary Ellen Gray Cheek - Oct. 11, 2021
Mary Ellen Gray Cheek, 87, of Morrilton, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, October 6, 2021. She was born in Linn County in 1934. She is the daughter of John Wolfinger and Jessie Ellen Cross Wolfinger. She graduated from Linnville Schools in Pleasanton, Kan. and graduated...[More]
Buffalos lose Homecoming to tough Girard team - Oct. 6, 2021
Girard had entered last Friday’s Homecoming game at Prairie View ranked as Class 3-A’s No. 8. The Trojans proved why, handing the Buffalos their first 2021 loss, 38-15, in a 3-A, District 2, match. “My hats off to Girard,” Kyle Littrell, head coach, said. “They’re...[More]
Jayhawk football hosts and falls to Osage City - Oct. 6, 2021
The Jayhawk football team hosted Osage City on Oct. 1 for a Class 2A District 2 game. The Hawks went to 0-2 in district play while Osage City went to 2-0 as Osage City won in a rout, 63-22. Most of the action took place in the first half and especially in the first quarter. Osage City went right...[More]
Pleasanton football falls to Olpe - Oct. 6, 2021
The Pleasanton football team traveled to Olpe on Oct. 1 for a district contest. Olpe is currently in first place in Class 1A District 1 with a 5-0 record while Pleasanton is last with an 0-5 record. The Jays battled, but Olpe is just the better team and defeated Pleasanton 63-0. The first quarter was...[More]
Civil War reenactor traces family history to Linn County area - Oct. 6, 2021
Several times a year for nearly three decades, Washington, D.C., resident Calvin Osborne has put on a Civil War uniform to reenact the stories of Black soldiers who fought for the ending of slavery in this country. Osborne said his passion for reenactment was borne from watching the 1989 movie “Glory,”...[More]