Prairie View baseball and softball All Pioneer League selections - Jun. 8, 2022
The 2022 Pioneer League baseball and softball All League selections have been announced and the Buffalos have players from both sports. Both baseball and softball All League selections consist of a first and second team. Gabe Murillo is the only Prairie View baseball player to make All League in baseball....[More]
Blu-Jay baseball has four make All-TRL teams - Jun. 8, 2022
The Three Rivers League announce their 2022 All League selections for baseball which include four Pleasanton players. Karsten McKee was the only Blu-Jay to receive first team honors. McKee was one of the team’s primary pitchers and one of their best overall hitters. Hayden Johnson, Tony Gillespie...[More]
Alice Laverne Stude Widner 03-18-1931 to 06-05-2022 - Jun. 7, 2022
Linn County News Published June 8, 2022 Alice Laverne Stude Widner was born March 18, 1931, in Haskell County, Kan., to John and Grace Jones Stude. She grew up and attended school in Copeland, Kan. She departed this life June 5, 2022. On Sept. 4, 1949, Alice married LaMonte(Lem) Widner and they spent...[More]
Susan Marie Ross Pease 09-02-1937 to 06-03-2022 - Jun. 7, 2022
Linn County News Published June 8, 2022 Susan Marie Ross Pease, age 84, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Friday, June 3, 2022. She was born in Kansas City, Mo., on Sept. 2, 1937, the daughter of Dan and Marie Potter Ross. She graduated from La Cygne Rural High School in the Class of 1955. She attended Pittsburg...[More]
David Lee Sheafer 2-26-1977 to 05-26-2022 - Jun. 2, 2022
Linn County News Published June 1,2022 David Lee Sheafer, age 45, passed away at his home on Thursday, May 26, 2022. He was born on Feb. 26, 1977, in Lansing, Mich., the son of Eugene and Cynthia Sheafer. He attended Gardner High School. He was united in marriage to Murie Bolen on March...[More]
Honoring an ancestor - Jun. 1, 2022
In February of 2003 family members visiting the grave of George Washington Hensley, 1832-1880, found his tombstone tipped over from the settling of earth around the gravesite. Though it was cracked they managed to get it upright and prop it up so that his marker would hopefully not fall again. In 2020,...[More]
Kansas Justice Institute, ways for schools to pay for SRO program - Jun. 1, 2022
After the recent threat by the Linn County Commissioners to cut funding of the School Resource Officer (SRO) program and school districts kicked in the asked for $12,000 per officer, Kansas Justice Institute Chief Executive Officer Dave Traebert explained that a few cuts by school districts could actually...[More]
Thunder on the Street this weekend - Jun. 1, 2022
The second annual Thunder on the Street bike rally is scheduled for this Saturday, June 4.The event is presented by Soldiers for Jesus Motorcycle Club and will encompass most of Pleasanton’s Main Street. Set up of the Wall of Death is beginning Friday with the exhibition open to the public on...[More]
Movie and a free meal, June 15 - Jun. 1, 2022
First Christian Church – Sabina, tortured for Christ, the Nazi years The First Christian Church in Pleasanton is hosting a free meal and a movie night Wednesday, June 15 starting at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend this fun evening beginning with chicken noodle soup at 6:30 p.m....[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jun. 1, 2022
Command structure Until I began taking training through the county in incident management to be part of the Citizens Emergency Response Team, I had no idea what a command structure was or how it was used. Obviously, many things roll downhill, including command structure. And, in Uvalde, Texas where...[More]
