Jayhawk football earns first win over Baxter Springs - Sep. 22, 2021
BY ADAM HOLT LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com The Jayhawk football team hosted their first game of the season against Baxter Springs Lions on Sept. 17. It was Senior-Parent Night, and the Hawks played well on both sides of the ball to earn a 30-18 victory. Defense started things...[More]
Commissioners address SRO funding - Sep. 22, 2021
By JACKIE TAYLOR Linn County News jackielcn@linncountynews.net After Linn County Sheriff Kevin Friend spoke on School Resource Officer (SRO) activity, County Commissioner Jim Johnson commented at their Monday meeting that the commissioners needed to clear up discussion on the SRO issue. County...[More]
Pleasanton Council discusses annexation - Sep. 22, 2021
By JACKIE TAYLOR Linn County News jackielcn@linncountynews.net Continuing their discussion concerning annexation at their Monday meeting, the City Council spoke of Pleasanton resident Kimberly Campbell’s request for voluntary annexation if the city could lower the speed...[More]
County approves Saker Towing conditional use permit - Sep. 22, 2021
By JACKIE TAYLOR Linn County News jackielcn@linncountynews.net During Monday’s Linn County Commissioners’ meeting, County Counselor Gary Thompson addressed a proposed conditional use permit (CUP) for a tow lot for Saker Towing located in the growth area north of Pleasanton...[More]
USD 362 discusses county SRO request - Sep. 22, 2021
District leader suggests reciprocal funding for vocational program BY TONY FURSE LINN COUNTY NEWS NEWSPAPERSRME@YAHOO.COM Unified School District 362 leaders have decided to put a Linn County Commission request for school resource officer (SRO) vehicle funding on the back...[More]
Wilhelmina “Billie” Rose Suddock - Sep. 21, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 22, 2021 Wilhelmina “Billie” Rose Suddock, age 90, of Wichita, Kan., died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Home Health & Hospice of Kansas. Rosary is at 9:30 a.m. Thursday,...[More]
Virgil Elmer Spencer 08-08-1939 to 09-17-2021 - Sep. 21, 2021
Published in the Linn County News Sept. 22, 2021 Virgil Elmer Spencer, age 82, Mound City, Kansas passed away Friday, Sept.17, 2021. He was born on August 8, 1939 in rural Mound City, Kan. the son of Elmer Allen and Thelma Barker Spencer. As a very young man Virgil...[More]
Troy E. Mitchell 06-22-1934 to 09-17-2021 - Sep. 21, 2021
Troy E. Mitchell, age 87, of Pleasanton, Kan. passed away in Overland Park, Kan.on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. Troy was born the son of Jesse James and Naomi Folsom Mitchell on June 23, 1934 in Kansas City, Kan. He married Ruby Venable on October 4, 1951 in Kansas City, Mo., she...[More]
Virginia Linder - Sep. 21, 2021
Virginia Linder passed on to her next adventure on September 13th. She passed peacefully with the love of her life at her side, just as she had chosen to live the last 70+ years. A legacy of family and friends hold on to her many roles as mother, grandmother, great grandma, etc. What...[More]
Janita Marie Clark 02-20-1969 to 09-19-2021 - Sep. 20, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 22, 2021 Janita Marie Clark, age 52, of Mound City, Kan., passed away at the Olathe Hospice House on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. Janita was born the daughter of Johnny W. and Sandra Moore Tolly on Feb. 20, 1969, at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla....[More]
