Jayhawk boys win Linn County Tournament - Dec. 14, 2022
The Jayhawk-Linn boys’ basketball team hosted the Linn County Tournament on Dec. 6 and Dec. 8-9. The Hawks played well during the tournament and came away as champions going 3-0. They defeated Pleasanton 42-37, Prairie View 35-18, and Osawatomie 28-28. The first game was against Pleasanton...[More]
Lady Jays win Linn County Tournament - Dec. 14, 2022
The Pleasanton girls’ basketball team traveled to Jayhawk Linn on Dec. 6 and Dec. 8-9 for the Linn County Tournament. The Lady Jays played well in the tournament as they won the competition going 3-0. They defeated Jayhawk 34-22, Osawatomie 45-14 and then Prairie View in the championship, 25-18. Pleasanton’s...[More]
Prairie View girls place second at Linn County Tournament - Dec. 14, 2022
The Prairie View girls’ basketball team traveled to Jayhawk-Linn on Dec. 6 and Dec. 8-9 to compete in the Linn County Tournament. The girls went 2-1 in the tournament with blowout victories against Osawatomie and Jayhawk and a close, low scoring loss against Pleasanton in the championship. The...[More]
Amelia SueAnn Cox ~ 04-07-2019 to 11-17-2022 - Dec. 13, 2022
Linn County News Published Dec. 14, 2022 Amelia SueAnn Cox passed away on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, after battling AMKL (Acute MegaKaryoblastic Leukemia). She was born on April 7, 2019, in Overland Park, Kan., the daughter of Kyle and Chelsie Cox. Words cannot express what a wonderful...[More]
Alice Christeen McNabb ~ 11-13-1926 to 12-10-2022 - Dec. 13, 2022
Linn County News Published December 14, 2022 Alice Christeen McNabb, 96, of Parsons, died at 2:35 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. She was born in Worland, Mo., on Nov. 13, 1926, to Olen and Mary (Jacobs) Jackson. Her family moved several times throughout her childhood during the Great Depression,...[More]
SPECIAL: Blood Drive coming up - Dec. 8, 2022
NOTICE: There will be a blood drive at the Catholic Hall in Mound City from 1 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13...[More]
Sentencing in robbery case continued - Dec. 7, 2022
In a sentencing hearing set for Friday, Dec. 2, Robert Woody III appeared in Linn County District Court in front of Judge Andrea Purvis, but instead of sentencing being handed down, the defense requested a continuance. Defense counsel Craig Cole noted his client had just brought a statute to his attention...[More]
Short term solution to landfill issue possible - Dec. 7, 2022
Discussions at Monday’s Linn County Commissioner’s meeting turned to the landfill issue and the fact that, as it currently sits, the landfill is only a year and half out from closing. During Monday’s discussions, Linn County Public Works Administrator Shaun West noted that the cost...[More]
Allen sentenced to time served - Dec. 7, 2022
Charges amended to one count of leaving the scene of an accident James Rocky Allen appeared in Linn County District Court on Tuesday, Nov. 29 for what was slated to be a preliminary hearing in case LN-2020-CR-000240 in which he was charged with second degree murder; intentional, in the death...[More]
Food dyes and behavior Part 2 - Red dyes and their effects - Dec. 7, 2022
Synthetic dyes are used as colorants in many of the foods we ingest, but until recently no one had ever looked at the connection between those synthetic dyes and behavioral issues. In 2018, the California legislature funded a report that contained conclusions linked to the results of 27 clinical trials...[More]
