Nina Lea Hodgson 08-23-1916 to 11-03-2017 - Nov. 7, 2017
Linn County NewsPublished Nov. 8, 2017Nina Lea Hodgson, 101, of Mound City, Kan., died Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.Funeral service was held Nov. 5, 2017, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel, followed with burial in the Kincaid Cemetery.The family suggests contributions to Mound City...[More]
Truman Lee “Papo†Coleman 11-05-1946 to 11-05-2017 - Nov. 7, 2017
Linn County NewsPublished Nov. 8, 2017Truman Lee “Papo” Coleman, age 71, of Mound City, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born on Nov. 5, 1946, at Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Howard and Lavon Clayton Coleman.He married Judy Burkhead...[More]
Anna “Lorene†Akers 04-14-1924 to 11-01-2017 - Nov. 7, 2017
Linn County NewsPublished Nov. 8, 2017Anna “Lorene” Akers, age 93, formerly of 618 Meadow Lane, Fort Scott, Kan., and most recently of Pioneer Ridge, Lawrence, Kan., passed away Nov. 1, 2017, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence. Lorene was born at her family’s home south of Mound...[More]
Bully Pulpit: Ghosts, goblins - Nov. 1, 2017
I’m still generally on strike against the NFL, their players and management. With that said, I was getting a late dinner prepared and turned on ABC Monday night to check out the Chiefs – curiosity got the best of me – to see if the players would sink to a knee or not. Well,...[More]
Buffalos lose district title game, now on to regionals - Nov. 1, 2017
Scoring on six of their first seven possessions, Baldwin ended early any suspense in the Class 4-A, Division II District 2 championship in defeating Prairie View, 41-21. Kyle Littrell, Prairie View head coach, pointed to the opponent’s dominance on the line of scrimmage as a key reason for the...[More]
Shutout of Crest sends Pleasanton to football postseason - Nov. 1, 2017
The handwriting appeared on the proverbial wall early. When Pleasanton’s Nathan Miller returned the opening kickoff 68 yards for a touchdown on Senior Parents’ Night, it seemed only a matter of time before the Blu-Jays would join Prairie View and Jayhawk-Linn in the football postseason. Over...[More]
Jayhawk football earns home playoff game for 2nd straight year - Nov. 1, 2017
The Jayhawk football team hosted Erie for their final regular season home game on Oct. 26. It was also Senior/Parent Night and a game that would determine the Hawks’ fate in the bi-district playoff round. Coming into the game, the Hawks’ chance of making the 3A bi-district playoffs...[More]
Prairie View FFA places 6th in national event - Nov. 1, 2017
Sixth out of 40 schools is nothing to sneeze at, and Prairie View High School’s FFA team did just that in the National FFA Agricultural Sales Career Development Event (CDE) held Oct. 24-27 in Indianapolis, Ind. According to a press release issued by the National FFA Organization,...[More]
Barn Antiques to host 5th annual food drive sale - Nov. 1, 2017
The year was 2012 and Dianna Smith and Shannon Barbee, who run the Barn Antiques shop on 1100 Road, determined there were several families in the Pleasanton area that did not have the resources to have a good Thanksgiving dinner. With that thought in mind, the two brought in some vendors and...[More]
Looking back - Nov. 1, 2017
There is no doubt this photo will bring many fond memories of the Dan Smith Drug Store, located on the corner of Ninth and Main streets in Pleasanton for 41 years. Dan and Mary K. Smith purchased the store in 1953 from the Lhuillier family, who had owned the store for 65 years, and for four decades...[More]