Donna Lyn Spencer 07-30-1940 to 12-29-2021 - Jan. 3, 2022
Linn County News Published Jan. 5, 2022 Donna Lyn (Scott) Spencer, age 81, of Mound City, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. She was born on July 30, 1940, in rural Mound City, Kan., daughter of Charles and Ruth (Barnes) Scott. Donna accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior...[More]
Pamela Kay Saunders 12-05-1946 to 12-25-2021 - Jan. 3, 2022
Linn County News Published Jan. 5, 2022 Pamela Kay Saunders, age 75, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. She was born in Weiser, Idaho, on Dec. 5, 1946, the daughter of Lewis and Imogene Maddox Murray. After graduating from high school, she attended Oregon...[More]
County mourns passing of Sgt. Stacy Murrow - Dec. 29, 2021
Linn County officials and residents learned of the passing of Sgt. Stacy Murrow, age 49, on Monday, Dec. 27, just hours after it occurred. Murrow had been recently hospitalized with COVID related complications. Friends said it began as bronchitis and quickly turned worse. Murrow, of rural Blue...[More]
Stacy Annette Murrow 10-23-1972 to 12-27-21 - Dec. 29, 2021
Linn County News Published Jan. 5, 2022 Stacy Annette Murrow, age 49, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. She was born in Fort Scott, Kan., on Oct. 23, 1972, the daughter of John Dean and Betty Jean Spillman Murrow. Stacy graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School. While...[More]
Six applicants vie for Linn County district judge position - Dec. 29, 2021
Following the retirement of Judge Terri Johnson, 6th Kansas Judicial District, on Dec. 18, the 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission met via telephone conference Monday, Dec. 27, to discuss applicants, issues with applications and ground rules for interviews with the six interested attorneys. Judge...[More]
Stacy Annette Murrow 10-23-1972 to 12-27-21 - Dec. 29, 2021
Linn County News Published Jan. 5, 2022 Stacy Annette Murrow, age 49, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, at the Mound City First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Sunny Slope Cemetery. Visitation...[More]
Current Linn County fishing reports - Dec. 29, 2021
Milder winter weather may mean some want to try their hand at some fishing for the New Year. Here are the current fishing reports for several bodies of water in Linn County. These fishing reports are from Dec. 28. La Cygne Lake Currently all catfish, crappie, largemouth bass and carp fishing is slow...[More]
Becoming Alaskans: A journey north for new chapter in life - Dec. 29, 2021
On Dec. 14, Thomas and Tabatha Smith added the final few boxes to their U-Haul trailer, loaded up their five children and headed north from Topeka on what would be a seven-day journey filled with ups and downs to become Alaskans and begin a new chapter. The saga began in mid-July, when the temperatures...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Dec. 29, 2021
Gut punch You know how when you hear some things, they hit you like a punch to the gut – that is how it was in the last two COVID-19 deaths of Pleasanton City Superintendent Casey Osborne and now, Linn County Deputy Sgt. Stacy Murrow. Both fought COVID and apparently their lungs succumbed to...[More]
Warrants issued in Parker church burglary case - Dec. 29, 2021
Two warrants have been issued for the arrest of subjects in the Parker Baptist Church burglary. Linn County Prosecutor Burton Harding applied for warrants on Matthew A. Joles and Shila R. Fox based on the investigation of the burglary. The warrants were filed after a finding of probable cause was determined...[More]
