Wade and Schneider start impressive girls’ golf season for the Buffalos and Hawks - Sep. 17, 2025
Both the Prairie View and Jayhawk Linn girls’ golf teams competed at Fort Scott and Pittsburg this past week. The teams traveled to Fort Scott on Sept. 9 to compete in the Fort Scott Invitational and then to Pittsburg on Sept. 11 to compete in the Colgan Invitational. To see the full article,...[More]
Pleasanton council votes 2-2 on RNR, budget - Sep. 17, 2025
The Pleasanton City Council met on Monday, Sept. 15, and began the meeting with a hearing on the revenue neutral rate (RNR) followed by the budget hearing. With no one in the audience coming forward to speak on either, the hearings were opened and closed without incident and Mayor Mathew Young then...[More]
Mine Creek Battlefield bridge ribbon cutting this weekend - Sep. 17, 2025
JLHS sophomore Aron Coleman is not new to community projects; this time he’s completed a bridge for his Eagle Scout badge so those using trails at Mine Creek Battlefield can traverse from one side of Mine Creek to the other. The ribbon cutting commemorating the new bridge will be held Saturday,...[More]
USD 346 to exceed RNR; approves budget - Sep. 17, 2025
During the revenue neutral hearing and the budget hearing for the district on Sept. 8, the USD 346 Board of Education voted to approve the superintendents’ recommendation to exceed revenue neutral with a proposed mill rate of 54.144. The board then approved the proposed 2025-2026 budget...[More]
Mine Creek Heritage Day this Saturday - Sep. 17, 2025
The Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site, located at 20485 Kansas Highway 52, just outside of Pleasanton, will host their annual Heritage Day this coming Saturday, Sept. 20, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Activities for the day will include demonstrations of infantry, cavalry and artillery from the Civil...[More]
Blood Drive: The Battle of the Badges - Sep. 17, 2025
A community blood drive has been scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 23 from 1:30-5:30 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Hall located at 729 W. Main Street. The event is being hailed as the Battle of the Badges though anyone and everyone who is able to donate is asked to do so. Those who wear a badge,...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Sep. 17, 2025
Charlie Kirk Oct. 14, 1993 – Sept. 10, 2025 Many may have seen the movie, Tora! Tora! Tora! where Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, regarding the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by forces of Imperial Japan, stated, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with...[More]
Charlie Kirk, RIP - Sep. 17, 2025
I was obviously a fan of the 31-year-old conservative political activist who captured the hearts and minds of millions of college kids and built Turning Point USA into a potent force that helped put Donald Trump back in the White House. But my daughter Ashley, 42, was much more familiar than I was with...[More]
Those celebrating martyr of Charlie Kirk being rooted out - Sep. 17, 2025
Editor: Charlie Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 10, 2025, in Utah has started a worldwide backlash against those who are deranged and deluded, those who have spouted hate and lies about anyone they don’t agree with. We are no longer complacent and unwilling to speak out against those who are...[More]
Turnovers and other mistakes see Hawks fall at Anderson County 27-6 - Sep. 17, 2025
The Jayhawk Linn football team hosted Anderson County on Sept. 12 for their first “home” game of the season. Anderson County is class 3A in football compared to Jayhawk’s 1A and is the Pioneer League so the Hawks had their work cut out for them. Jayhawk played tough but too many mistakes...[More]