New solution offered to teacher shortage - Jan. 12, 2022
During the Jan. 10 meeting the Jayhawk USD 346 board of education learned from Superintendent Shawn Thomas that schools are once again dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks and that the state has offered a solution to the lack of substitutes for teachers who are out with COVID-19. Thomas told the board that,...[More]
Patricia A. “Patty” Stanton 04-06-1948 to 01-07-2022 - Jan. 11, 2022
Linn County News Published Jan. 12, 2022 Patricia A. “Patty” Stanton, age 73, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. She was born in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of James H. and Martha K. Heriford Bell. She graduated from Washington High School in 1966. She worked most of...[More]
Richard Kenneth Wade 04-29-1934 to 01-07-2022 - Jan. 11, 2022
Linn County News Published Jan. 12, 2022 Richard Kenneth Wade was born in a home in La Cygne, Kan., on April 29, 1934, to Ray Valentine and Letha Pearl Hensley Wade. He was the 10th child in the family. He attended elementary and high school in La Cygne and La Cygne Rural High School, graduating...[More]
Stephen Douglas Suddock 10-21-1952 to 01-08-2022 - Jan. 11, 2022
Linn County News Published Jan. 12, 2022 Stephen Douglas Suddock, 69, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, at his home near Clonmel, Kan. Doug, as he was affectionately known, was born Oct. 21, 1952, in Lawrence, Kan., to Hunter Ray Suddock and...[More]
Roy D. Johnston 07-26-1947 to 01-07-2022 - Jan. 11, 2022
Linn County News Published Jan. 12, 2022 Roy D. Johnston, age 74, Prescott, Kan., went to be with the Lord on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan. He was born in Omaha, Neb., on July 26, 1947, the son of Katherine Welch Fulk. Roy will always be remembered as a reverent...[More]
Earl A. Lash 12-14-1925 to 01-01-2022 - Jan. 11, 2022
Linn County News Published Jan. 12, 2022 Earl A. Lash, 96, passed away at home in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Jan. 1, 2022, to join his Family in Heaven. Earl was born Dec. 14, 1925, on the family farm in Republic County, Kan., the son of Bernie L. and Caro May Goppert Lash (died 1928) and...[More]
Larry Merle Neville 07-19-1952 to 12-30-2021 - Jan. 6, 2022
Linn County News Published Jan. 12, 2022 Larry Merle Neville, 69, passed away in Nixa, Missouri late Thursday evening, December 30, 2021. Funeral services will be conducted by Pastor Marty DeWitt of First Missionary Baptist Church in Uniontown, Kansas on Saturday, January 8 th , 2022 at 1...[More]
Governor Laura Kelly Orders Linn County Flags Lowered in Honor of Sheriff Officer Sergeant Stacy Murrow - Jan. 5, 2022
TOPEKA-- In accordance with Executive Order #20-30, Governor Laura Kelly ordered flags throughout Linn County to fly half-staff from sunup to sundown on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 in honor of Linn County Sheriff’s Sergeant Stacy Murrow who died from COVID-19-related medical complications. “I...[More]
Jayhawk Wrestling Club competes at Johnson County Kids Classic - Jan. 5, 2022
The Jayhawk Wrestling Club traveled to Johnson County on Jan. 2 to compete in the Johnson County Kids Classic. Hunter Gandon wrestled 6U 64 and was eliminated after two matches. Maggie Earnest, 6U 64, placed second and scored 20 team points. She won her first two matches over Liam Foote, Blue Valley...[More]
SEK Elite wins TNT Duals - Jan. 5, 2022
The SEK Elite youth wrestling team competed in the TNT Duals in Iola on Jan. 2. The SEK Elite team is made up of wrestlers from southeast Kansas and includes seven from the Jayhawk Wrestling Club: Layton Higgins, Aedin McGregor, Easton White, Landon Higgins, Denton White, Trey Poole, Brady Felt and Shane...[More]