William Dean “Bill” Potter 11-30-1946 to 10-06-2021 - Oct. 12, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 13, 2021 On Oct. 6, 2021, William Dean “Bill” Potter, Pittsburg, Kan., moved to eternal rest from the family home where he was lovingly cared for by his daughter and wife. Bill was born on Nov. 30, 1946, to Orville and Virginia Potter in Columbus, Kan. He...[More]
Mary Ellen Gray Cheek - Oct. 11, 2021
Mary Ellen Gray Cheek, 87, of Morrilton, Arkansas, passed away Wednesday, October 6, 2021. She was born in Linn County in 1934. She is the daughter of John Wolfinger and Jessie Ellen Cross Wolfinger. She graduated from Linnville Schools in Pleasanton, Kan. and graduated...[More]
Buffalos lose Homecoming to tough Girard team - Oct. 6, 2021
Girard had entered last Friday’s Homecoming game at Prairie View ranked as Class 3-A’s No. 8. The Trojans proved why, handing the Buffalos their first 2021 loss, 38-15, in a 3-A, District 2, match. “My hats off to Girard,” Kyle Littrell, head coach, said. “They’re...[More]
Jayhawk football hosts and falls to Osage City - Oct. 6, 2021
The Jayhawk football team hosted Osage City on Oct. 1 for a Class 2A District 2 game. The Hawks went to 0-2 in district play while Osage City went to 2-0 as Osage City won in a rout, 63-22. Most of the action took place in the first half and especially in the first quarter. Osage City went right...[More]
Pleasanton football falls to Olpe - Oct. 6, 2021
The Pleasanton football team traveled to Olpe on Oct. 1 for a district contest. Olpe is currently in first place in Class 1A District 1 with a 5-0 record while Pleasanton is last with an 0-5 record. The Jays battled, but Olpe is just the better team and defeated Pleasanton 63-0. The first quarter was...[More]
Civil War reenactor traces family history to Linn County area - Oct. 6, 2021
Several times a year for nearly three decades, Washington, D.C., resident Calvin Osborne has put on a Civil War uniform to reenact the stories of Black soldiers who fought for the ending of slavery in this country. Osborne said his passion for reenactment was borne from watching the 1989 movie “Glory,”...[More]
La Cygne Historical Society pushing to finish time capsule - Oct. 6, 2021
In 2019 La Cygne celebrated in 150th anniversary, and as part of that celebration they dug up a time capsule that had been buried with the intent of city descendants opening it during that specific anniversary of the founding of the town. “When we got it open we found it was full of water and...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Oct. 6, 2021
Facebook is down I’m imagining millions of people crying themselves into a tizzy about now, Monday afternoon – the headline on Fox News reads, “Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp suffering from widespread outages, Facebook says it is ‘working to get things back to normal as...[More]
Cox Motor Co. to celebrate 75 years in business Oct. 30 - Oct. 6, 2021
On July 11, 1946, Pleasanton’s Cox Motor Co. owner Waldo Cox held the first grand opening after achieving a monumental goal of building a new building and outfitting it for business as a Ford dealership – all within 12 months. On Saturday, Oct. 30, Cox Motor Co. owners Jesse and Kathy Secrest...[More]
Cost of prosecution by Kansas Office of Attorney General explained - Oct. 6, 2021
No charge for AG attorneys time to county Linn County currently has two cases that Linn County Attorney Burton Harding has turned over to the Kansas Office of Attorney General for prosecution. The first one is Kansas vs. James Rocky Allen, who is being held on charges of second-degree murder...[More]
