Parker City Council - Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022 - Nov. 16, 2022
In addition to Parker joining Linn County’s law enforcement records management system, a report located elsewhere in this issue, city leaders heard a proposal by a former city maintenance employee. At last Thursday’s regular council meeting, Albert Kerr proposed that the city consider his...[More]
Linn Valley City Council - Monday, Nov. 14, 2022 - Nov. 16, 2022
The Linn Valley City Council held its bi-monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, with Mayor Cindy Smith presiding. All council members were present with the exception of Michael Hemphill. Codes Enforcement Officer Don Hastings reported that 32 building permits were issued in October,...[More]
Linn County Commissioners - Monday, Nov. 14, 2022 - Nov. 16, 2022
On Monday, Nov. 14, the Linn County Commissioners met in regular session with Commissioner Danny McCullough absent. Following the pledge and the prayer, commissioners voted 2-0 to approve the minutes of the last meeting and then voted to approve claims in the amount of $782,613.58. Commissioner Jim...[More]
USD 362 honors Veterans - Nov. 16, 2022
Students and faculty from USD 362 gathered together on Friday, Nov. 11, to honor our local veterans with an all day event held at the Performing Arts Center. The program began with the elementary students narrating portions of a slideshow that took viewer through the years and highlighted the conflicts...[More]
Angel Tree Christmas project continues in Pleasanton - Nov. 16, 2022
The Angel Tree Christmas project is going strong with the next giving campaign scheduled for Friday, Nov. 18 at Casey’s in Pleasanton. City Administrator Teresa Whitaker said there are two more donation events scheduled after that, all due to a decrease in the amount they are raising and the larger...[More]
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]
