La Cygne council okays KG&E bond change - Nov. 28, 2018
Following a 24-hour flurry of communication, La Cygne’s City Council approved a bond cancellation agreement at a special meeting last Wednesday, Nov. 21. The council’s 3-0 vote, with Heather Miles and Jerome Mitzner absent, allows La Cygne to join municipalities St. Marys...[More]
Spirit of Christmas, volunteerism linked in light project - Nov. 28, 2018
Dec. 15 Pleasanton Christmas gathering Driving into Pleasanton one night and noticing how dark the town was prompted Danny McCullough, owner of Mid-States Restoration, to come up with an idea to light up the town with Christmas lights. “When I was a kid, the Christmas train used...[More]
Warrant execution turns into pursuit; 1 subject at large - Nov. 28, 2018
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) was called to assist Johnson County sheriff’s officers with the execution of an arrest warrant in the Linn County Park and Marina, east of U.S. Highway 69 and north of Kansas Highway 152 on Monday, Nov. 26. When deputies arrived in the...[More]
Lloyd Gene Mitchell 07-04-1925 to 11-23-2018 - Nov. 27, 2018
Linn County News Published Nov. 28, 2018 Lloyd Gene Mitchell, age 93, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Friday, November 23, 2018 at his home. He was born on July 4, 1925, at Blue Mound, the son of Robert and Effie Cassida Mitchell. Upon graduation from Blue Mound High School, he entered the...[More]
Virginia Lee Masoner 08-17-1942 to 11-25-2018 - Nov. 27, 2018
Linn County News Published Nov. 28, 2018 Virginia Lee Masoner, age 76, Chanute, Kan., formerly of Mound City, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound...[More]
2018 All County High School football team - Nov. 21, 2018
The 2018 high school football season for our county high schools concluded, and all three schools had great seasons. Both Prairie View and Pleasanton made it to the second round of the playoffs and finished the season with only two losses. Pleasanton finished the season with a loss to...[More]
Blu-Jay Nation Cheer and Stunt Varsity Squad places at state - Nov. 21, 2018
t noon Friday, Nov. 16, 13 young ladies and two coaches ran through a tunnel of cheering Blu-Jay Nation fans to load up and head to Topeka to the Kansas Expocentre, for the second year, to compete for a state title in the class 2-1A Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) Game...[More]
Property taxes, appraisals topic of late day Commission workshop - Nov. 21, 2018
The Linn County Commissioners reconvened their meeting at 3:30 p.m. Monday to do more of a workshop scenario with state Sen. Caryn Tyson – her quest to try to streamline the property tax appraisal process and gather information – and County Appraiser Steve Thompson. Tyson...[More]
Benny E. Lowery 02-06-1927 to 11-15-2018 - Nov. 21, 2018
Linn County News Published Nov. 21, 2018 Benny E. Lowery, age 91, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at his rural Pleasanton home. He was born at Lowell, N.C., on Feb. 6, 1927, the son of Edward William and Pearl Stone Jones Lowery. After graduating from high school...[More]
Bully pulpit - Progressive movement - Nov. 21, 2018
Bernie Sanders opened Pandora’s box when he went toe to toe with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. Now, the greatest split in the Democratic Party is the Democratic Socialist Party – and Kansas isn’t exempt from it. Check out 4th Congressional...[More]