Sammy Lee Meyer 04-09-1954 to 10-19-2021 - Oct. 21, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 27, 2021 Sammy Lee Meyer, affectionately known as "Snuffy", age 67, Mound City, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. He was born on April 9, 1954, in Paola, Kan., the son of Richard Arnold and Marie June Lockhart Meyer. He was a graduate...[More]
William Clark “Gable” McKay 07-26-1939 to 10-19-2021 - Oct. 21, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 27, 2021 William Clark “Gable” McKay of Harrisonville Mo., formerly of Plattsburg, Mo., passed away Tuesday Oct. 19, 2021. He was born on July 26, 1939, and was raised by John and Nola Williams at Mound City, Kan. He was a graduate...[More]
Brenneman found competent to stand trial - Oct. 21, 2021
Bond revoked, remanded to custody Daniel Brenneman appeared in Linn County District Court in front of Senior Judge Gunnar Sundby on Monday, Oct. 18, to contest the results of a competency evaluation for Case LN-2020-CR-218, and for a hearing on the revocation of his bond due to his not moving from his...[More]
Pleasanton volleyball finishes season - Oct. 20, 2021
The Pleasanton volleyball team finished their regular season this past week with games on Oct. 12, Oct. 14 and Oct. 16. On Oct. 12 the Lady Jays faced league foes Chetopa and Marmaton Valley at Chetopa. Pleasanton defeated Chetopa in two sets, 25-22 and 25-22, but lost to Marmaton Valley, 14-25 and...[More]
Buffalo gutsy effort falls short at Frontenac - Oct. 20, 2021
This Prairie View football season has been marked by injury attrition to projected starters among its 19 rostered seniors. Kyle Waterman has missed the entire season with a summer-scrimmage leg injury, and Micah Eastwood’s campaign is now finished because of a collarbone. Colby Garretson, out...[More]
Jayhawk football defeats West Franklin on Homecoming - Oct. 20, 2021
The Jayhawk football team hosted district opponent West Franklin on Oct. 15 for their Homecoming. It ended up being a good Homecoming because after a tight first half the Hawks opened things up in the second half and won 32-13. Neither team scored in the first quarter. West Franklin was the first...[More]
Fire safety education in our schools - Oct. 20, 2021
Firefighters from Linn County Rural Fire Station 920 in Pleasanton presented a fire safety program last Thursday, Oct. 14, at Pleasanton Elementary. “We do this program to give the students a basis of what to do in a fire,” said Capt. Jeff Wisdom of Station 920. “Originally Fire Chief...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Oct. 20, 2021
Going home I don’t care how much a place changes; it’s always home. And that is how Colorado is for me. I was fortunate to be able to take a few days last weekend and go back, Denver one day and Estes Park the rest. Denver – a big, dirty city – but my friend I travel with and...[More]
Agreement to sell real estate signed by Pleasanton Council - Oct. 20, 2021
Following news that the former Cox Motor Co. building was going to become the home of the new trade school, the Pleasanton City Council signed an agreement to sell real estate Monday evening at their regular meeting. City Attorney Burton Harding told the council that the city of Pleasanton and the lessor,...[More]
Parker leaders hear about broadband proposal - Oct. 20, 2021
City share of federal ARPA funds could help with fiber optics Parker leaders discussed a proposal by Peoples Telecommunications LLC, La Cygne, to bring broadband internet to the city. At the monthly council meeting last Thursday, Cherry Buckley, city clerk, informed attendees that she had been...[More]
