SPECIAL - UPDATE: Pleasanton pastor arrested - Sep. 2, 2026
Linn County News linncountynewsreporter@gmail.com Wade Booth, age 70, pastor of the Pleasanton First Baptist Church , was arrested on Monday, Aug. 31 and booked into the Linn County Jail at approximately 7 p.m. According to new information updated on the...[More]
Water emergency lifted in Pleasanton - Sep. 2, 2026
With water issues going in a positive direction, Councilman Alex Wills told the council Monday night that flow rate has increased by 20 percent with the new diesel pump standing in and lines being cleaned of sludge. Wills told the council that they do not need bigger pumps as the backup pump is producing...[More]
Linn Valley Mayor clears the air on data centers - Sep. 2, 2026
City no longer supports Facebook site Linn Valley Mayor Lister Potter laid out a chronology of events to clear the air over rumors being dispersed on Facebook and elsewhere concerning his actions over data centers. Potter, after initially broaching the subject and speaking of economic development...[More]
New county Fire Chief shares history - Sep. 2, 2026
Linn County’s new Rural Fire Department Chief, Shaun Tuggle, opened up recently about his history and what led him to being appointed as the new Linn County Fire Chief. For Tuggle it was a simple transition. Though he is originally from the Devon and Redfield area, Tuggle grew up in the Kansas...[More]
Commissioners approve settlement agreement with Swan Solar - Sep. 2, 2026
Following a 20-minute executive session for attorney/client privilege during the meeting on Aug. 31, attorney Scott Nehrbuss noted that, pursuant to the discussion in that session, he was requesting a motion to approve the proposed settlement agreement with Swan Solar subject to Swan Solar agreeing that...[More]
Squirrels - Sep. 2, 2026
Today I love to watch both gray and fox squirrels from my porch, and there is one tree just a ways from my office where baby gray squirrels are born every year. They emerge from the hole in the early spring and are so small they look a little like chipmunks. They venture forth, and at the...[More]
Jayhawk girls’ golf places second at Woodland Hills - Sep. 2, 2026
The Jayhawk girls’ golf team started their season at Woodland Hills golf course in Forts Scott for the Uniontown JV tournament on Aug. 27. The girls did well with multiple medalists and a second place team finish where they had a score of 267. Eureka won the tournament with a score of 256 while...[More]
Britz places first for the Lady Buffs at Woodland Hills - Sep. 2, 2026
The Prairie View girls’ golf team started their season with a JV tournament at Woodland Hills golf course in Fort Scott on Aug. 27. The JV tournament was hosted by Uniontown and the Lady Buffs only brought three golfers to the tournament, but those three did well. The tournament featured 40 golfers...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Sep. 2, 2026
How we forget As humans, we are blessed with both long and short memories. Long memories exist that bring back memories of loved ones that have passed, bad experiences we may have endured in the past, and so much more. Short memories happen when something doesn’t happen directly to us...[More]
U.S. Aided Brazilian Tyranny? - Sep. 2, 2026
In a case with “serious repercussions,” insists journalist Brazilian-based American journalist Glenn Greenwald, a “U.S. federal judge concluded that an immigration record entered in the Customs and Border Protection system during the Biden administration was fraudulent.” While...[More]
