Pleasanton baseball falls to Southeast Cherokee and Marmaton Valley - Apr. 9, 2025
The Pleasanton baseball team faced off against two Three Rivers foes last week in Southeast Cherokee and Marmaton Valley. The Jays played at Southeast on March 31 and lost both games 0-10 and 9-13. They then traveled to Marmaton Valley on April 3 and lost both those games 12-13 and 5-15. The...[More]
Jayhawk softball splits against Central Heights - Apr. 9, 2025
The Jayhawk softball only had one double-header this past week as they hosted Central Heights on March 31. The Lady Hawks split against the Vikings winning the first game 9-1 but falling in a close second game 4-6. In the first game the Hawks got out to a quick 4-0 lead after one inning and held the...[More]
Ira “Sonny” Ray Caruthers, Jr. ~ 05-23-1955 to 04-02-2025 - Apr. 8, 2025
Linn County News Published April 9, 2025 Ira “Sonny” Ray Caruthers Jr., age 69 of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away at his home on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. He was born the son of Ira Ray and Dorothy R. Chrisman Caruthers on May 23, 1955, in Kansas City, Mo. He and his wife, Rae were...[More]
Michelle Lynn Young ~ 05-20-1967 to 04-04-2025 - Apr. 8, 2025
Linn County News Published April 9, 2025 Michelle Lynn Young, age 57, Linn Valley, Kan., passed away Friday, April 4, 2025. Funeral service will be 9 a.m. Saturday, April 12, 2025, at the Schneider Funeral Home, La Cygne Chapel. Burial will be in the Sharon Cemetery, Drexel, Mo. Visitation...[More]
Phyllis Sybil Colbert ~ 11-23-1935 to 03-28-2025 - Apr. 8, 2025
Linn County News Published April 9, 2025 Phyllis Sybil Colbert, age 89, passed away Friday, March 28, 2025. She was born on Nov. 23, 1935, in Ball Ground, Ga., the daughter of William and Marcia White Johnson. She attended Reinhardt College in Waleska, Ga., and went on to attend Massey Business...[More]
Parker may reconsider police presence - Apr. 2, 2025
March 24 workshop discussion opens door to reinstatement Open discussion during a March 24 Parker council workshop is leaving the door open to reinstating its police department. Called for the purpose of studying city budget concerns, the workshop focused on the police department, which had...[More]
PWWSD13 explains rate increase - Apr. 2, 2025
Infrastructure in need of repair Approximately 18 years ago, the Public Wholesale Water Supply District 13 (PWWSD) went online and began supplying water to 12 districts, several in Linn County. Now that plant is in drastic need of upgrades and the PWWSD13 board was forced to increase rates to...[More]
Pleasanton to hold town hall on eliminating city fire department - Apr. 2, 2025
Fear of homeowner insurance increases prompts discussion – special meeting April 28 With a Linn County Rural Fire Department mutual aid agreement on the agenda at Monday’s Pleasanton City Council meeting, Councilwoman Angelina Randall passed out a packet of information concerning...[More]
Commissioners hear from energy company on possible plans - Apr. 2, 2025
During the March 31 meeting, the Linn County Commissioners heard a presentation by representatives of Spearmint Energy regarding possible future plans for a battery storage facility for the purpose of storing energy in containers. Blake Johnson, a representative of the company, said they were reaching...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Apr. 2, 2025
Kansas Supreme Court justices now face voters Kansas voters got a taste of what a bar-selected Kansas Supreme Court was all about when they had the opportunity to vote in 2022 on the Value Them Both Kansas abortion referendum; a referendum that came into being after what was described as a rogue Kansas...[More]
