Pleasanton 12-14 baseball wins championship - Jul. 9, 2025
The Pleasanton 12-14 baseball team wins their league tournament on June 30 to July 1. Pleasanton hosted the tournament and won in the championship against La Cygne 11-7....[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jul. 9, 2025
Kerrville, Texas Fear is a crazy thing; it’s debilitating and a cancer for those of us that live on this planet. I speak of fear because of the flood that just devastated Kerrville, Tex. that took the lives of, as of today, over 100 people with 11 kids still missing. What parent doesn’t...[More]
Ruth Ann Antrim ~ 05-21-1951 to 07-07-2025 - Jul. 8, 2025
Linn County News Published July 16, 2025 Ruth Ann Antrim, formerly Hueston, passed away July 7, 2025, after bravely battling cancer for many years. Ruth Ann was 74 years old. She lived and worked in the Mound City and Fort Scott, Kan., areas her entire life. She was the...[More]
Helen Maxine Wright ~ 05-28-1939 to 06-19-2025 - Jul. 8, 2025
Linn County News Published July 16, 2025 Helen Maxine Wright, age 86, formerly of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away at her home in Abbyville, Kan., on Thursday, June 19, 2025. Funeral service was held at 11 a.m., Monday, July 7, 2025, at the Community of Christ Church in Mapleton,...[More]
special: SCOTUS agrees to hear Women's Sports Case - Jul. 3, 2025
Case paves the way for states to continue to protect women and girl's athletic opportunities Topeka, Kan. July 3, 2025 - Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in Hecox v. Little and West Va., v. BPJ. Rep. Barbara Ehardt of Idaho, author...[More]
SPECIA;: Schmidt Votes to Cancel Massive Tax Hike, Secure Border, and Lower Federal Spending - Jul. 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) issued the following statement regarding passage of the budget reconciliation bill by the U.S. House of Representatives, also called the “One Big Beautiful Bill”: “Last November, Americans voted for change...[More]
ARREST REPORTS - May 11 to May 31, 2025 - Jul. 3, 2025
On 05-11-2025 Sean Laden was arrested in connection with possession of marijuana; use/possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia; possession of stolen property, firearm with value less than $25,000; arrest warrant LN2025CR000060 (IN202500225) On 05-11-2025 Jarvis Taylor was arrested...[More]
NOTICE: - Jul. 2, 2025
The Linn County News and Linn County Printing offices will be closed on Friday, July 4, in honor of the holiday....[More]
Gratton at Nationals - Jul. 2, 2025
Pleasanton’s Ashton Gratton qualifies for the Adidas Nationals in Greensboro, North Carolina after winning the 100 and 200 meter dashes in the KSHSAA 2A State tournament in Wichita on May 31. The Adidas Nationals took place from June 20-22 and Gratton did well in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes...[More]
Pleasanton awarded $617,000 KDOT street grant - Jul. 2, 2025
The city of Pleasanton was notified June 24 that they were the recipients of a much-needed street grant in the amount of $617,000. City Administrator Becky Hegwald said, “I was surprised when we got it; you normally have to apply several times. I didn’t have a lot of hope we’d get...[More]
