Wreaths Across America program coming to Linn County - Nov. 16, 2022
Local residents Ali Hamilton and Telleah Cox are working together to bring the option of having Wreaths Across America brought to local cemeteries for the holidays. Each December the organization puts out wreaths at Arlington Cemetery and more than 3,400 other locations across the United States. “Trading...[More]
Pleasanton approves grant for boat dock on West Lake - Nov. 16, 2022
Pleasanton Public Works Director Joey Morrisey informed the board that he’d been working with Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Fisheries Biologist Don George on a CFAP (Community Fisheries Assistance Program) grant application for a floating boat dock at West Lake. Morrisey said West Lake...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Nov. 16, 2022
It’s a quandary Quandary, head-scratcher, puzzler – call it what you may, but frustrating all the same. What am I talking about? How do we know what the truth is? We, the American people have no way to know exactly what the truth is; and with that, how do we know what direction...[More]
Centerville Church to celebrate 125th anniversary - Nov. 16, 2022
Shortly after the M.K.T. Railroad was completed from Kansas City to Parsons in 1889, not long after, the town of Centerville, Kan., was organized under the Centerville Real Estate Building Association. In 1892, the building committee of the Methodist Church purchased a lot for the parsonage for $10....[More]
Jayhawk and Pleasanton football fill out TRL All League selections - Nov. 16, 2022
The Pleasanton and Jayhawk-Linn football teams are well represented in the 2022 11-man Three Rivers League All League selections. The Hawks make up 16 selections between first team and honorable mention while the Jays make up 10 selections between first team and honorable mention. The other three teams,...[More]
Prairie View Middle School wrestling wins league championship - Nov. 16, 2022
The Prairie View wrestling program is looking good for the future as the middle school team did very well in the Pioneer League championship on Nov. 10. The Buffalos won the tournament with a score of 104. Several other teams did well as it was a very competitive tournament. Santa Fe Trail was second...[More]
Edgar Wayne Moon ~ 08-14-1940 to 11-12-2022 - Nov. 15, 2022
Linn County News Published November 16, 2022 Edgar Wayne Moon, age 82 of La Cygne, Kan., passed away at his home on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. He was born the son of Chester and Evelyn (Van Liew) Moon on Aug. 14, 1940, in Lawrence, Kan. Edgar married Betty Talley on June 3, 1962, at Lawrence,...[More]
Timothy Wayne Foxworth ~ 5-9-1960 to 11-10-2022 - Nov. 15, 2022
Linn County News Published November 16, 2022 Timothy Wayne Foxworth, age 62, Mound City, Kan., passed away Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. A gathering to celebrate Tim’s life will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. ...[More]
When your boat leaves you - Nov. 9, 2022
When you can provide someone with a good laugh and it lasts all day, you have really accomplished something. And here is how I did it. Dennis Whitesides, an old friend who I have fished and hunted with since college days, showed up at my place with nothing to do, and so we went fishing. ...[More]
2nd Amendment preservation ordinance adopted in Pleasanton - Nov. 9, 2022
After discussing Pleasanton Councilman Jake Mattingley’s desire to protect residents of Pleasanton from potential “unfettered search of a premise by outside agencies” two weeks ago, the council approved Ordinance 2048 4-0. City Attorney Burton Harding told the council that the city...[More]
