Janet (Brown) Maschino 03-29-1957 to 09-09-2021 - Sep. 14, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 15, 2021 Janet (Brown) Maschino, 64, of rural Pleasanton and Parsons, passed away peacefully at 3:13 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, at her daughter’s home in Erie. Janet’s story starts on March 29, 1957, at Parsons, the second...[More]
Holley Shepherd 04-06-1946 to 09-04-2021 - Sep. 14, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 15, 2021 Holley Shepherd, age 75, passed away Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, at Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola, Kan. Holley was born April 6, 1946, to Clifford Paul and Loretta Maxine (Downing) Rinker in Butler, Mo. She graduated high...[More]
Bernard Eugene “Bernie” Carbon, Sr. August 25, 1929 – September 9, 2021 - Sep. 14, 2021
Published in the Linn County News Sept. 15, 2021 Wichita, KS - Bernard Eugene “Bernie” Carbon, Sr., Chief Master Sgt. Retired Air Force, born in Ft. Scott, Kan. on August 25, 1929 to Harold W. and Beatrice M. Carbon, went to be with the Lord on September 9, 2021. Bernie...[More]
SPECIAL: K-152 section closed Sept. 14 - Sep. 10, 2021
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) plans to close a section of K-152 in Linn County to replace a crossroad pipe on Tuesday, Sept. 14. K-152 will be closed from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. between K-7 and Keitel Road. Traffic should use alternate routes during the closure. Persons...[More]
SPECIAL: Never forget - Sep. 8, 2021
Sept. 11, 2001, was marked indelibly in the minds and the memories of the American people. It was a day of tragedy that unfolded on every television channel, every computer and every radio, as the nation watched and listened as the day unfolded in terror. For people of New York City who watched...[More]
Prairie View football starts season with a win over Santa Fe Trail - Sep. 8, 2021
The Prairie View football team started their 2021 season on Friday with a dominant home win over Pioneer League foe Santa Fe Trail. The Buffalos defeated the Chargers 42-0. The game started with the Chargers getting the ball first and the Buffalos made them punt. Bodi Isenhower started off his great...[More]
Coach sees many positives despite Blu-Jay opening loss - Sep. 8, 2021
After a 42-6 loss to Lenexa’s Christ Preparatory Academy in its football season opener Saturday afternoon, Pleasanton Head Coach Caleb Hendricks was quick to point out the positives of his young team’s performance. Positive No. 1 – “We did not have a whole lot of penalties,”...[More]
Shop in Mantey offers variety - Sep. 8, 2021
Mantey, which the postal service calls rural Prescott, is a little unincorporated town situated on Kansas Highway 7 (K-7), south of Mound City, between 300 Road and the Mapleton turn off, which is right before the curve that takes you into Fulton. The town isn’t very big, boasting only a few homes...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Sep. 8, 2021
People’s rights We live in an age where people’s rights in these United States are being trampled, squashed, ignored – call it whatever you want, and that’s okay in some people’s books. I also support our right to take or not take any vaccine we wish or don’t wish...[More]
County attorney responds to recent articles and public outcry - Sep. 8, 2021
Linn County Attorney Burton Harding took to the podium at the weekly meeting of the Linn County Commissioners on Tuesday morning, Sept. 7, to respond to articles printed in last week’s edition of the Linn County News. Harding read to the commissioners a 4½ page letter regarding those recent...[More]
