LCNews survey - Sep. 10, 2026
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SPECIAL: Annual KWEC Butterfly Festival set for September 26 - Sep. 10, 2026
By FHSU University Marketing and Strategic Communications HAYS, Kan. – The Kansas Wetlands Education Center’s 13th annual Butterfly Festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Each year, millions of monarch butterflies undertake their annual fall flight...[More]
Linn County News selected for national newspaper initiative - Sep. 9, 2026
Linn County News selected for national newspaper initiative Linn County News Jackielcn1@gmail.com The Linn County News is excited to announce the newspaper has been selected to participate in a prestigious national initiative focused on the future of community journalism in rural America. Over...[More]
Law enforcement response to armed suicidal subject - Sep. 9, 2026
On Sept. 7, 2026, officers with the Pleasanton Police Department and deputies with the Linn County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Pleasanton Campground, located on 18th Street in Pleasanton, Kan., regarding a report of a suicidal subject. Upon arrival, officers and deputies located an...[More]
Commissioners approve final negotiation for settlement agreement - Sep. 9, 2026
During the meeting on Sept. 8, which was rescheduled from Sept. 7 due to Labor Day, the commissioners held a 15-minute executive session for attorney/client privilege with County Counselor Jacklyn Paletta and attorney Scott Nehrbuss. Following the session, Nehrbuss asked for approval of a settlement...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Sep. 9, 2026
Partisan politics? After the last few days of seeing the hatred, terrible comments, etc. on Facebook, it’s once again very apparent how caustic Facebook is. People can say terrible things on there, all without thinking there are any repercussions, and, after posting their say they go on with their...[More]
Does 9/11 mean enough to you? - Sep. 9, 2026
Not that Don McLean asked me, but I was born too late to “recall what was revealed the day the music died.” The terrorist plane crashes of Sept. 11, 2001, though? Those I remember. And how they revealed the paired vulnerability and tenacity of a nation. In fact, on the 20th anniversary...[More]
Jayhawk football starts season with rout of Uniontown - Sep. 9, 2026
The Jayhawk Linn football team began their season on Sept. 4 with a home contest against Three Rivers League foe Uniontown. The Hawks had little trouble with the Eagles and had more trouble committing penalties but Jayhawk came out with the big 44-8 victory. In the first quarter neither team scored....[More]
Prairie View volleyball starts season at Baldwin and home triangular - Sep. 9, 2026
The Prairie View volleyball team started their season with a tournament at Baldwin on Aug. 29 and then a home triangular against Uniontown and Olathe Metro Academy on Aug. 31. The Baldwin tournament was a very tough tournament and the Lady Buffs played four games. They lost all four of those games but...[More]
Pleasanton football defeats St. Paul in overtime - Sep. 9, 2026
The Pleasanton football team played their first game of the season on Sept. 4 against TRL foe St. Paul. Pleasanton is 8-man this year after quite a few years in 11-man so it had been a while since they played St. Paul in football. The Jays were victorious in the first game back to 8-man as they defeated...[More]
