Carstens ready to compete in the Outlaw Truck & Tractor Pull at the Linn County Fair and Rodeo - Jul. 28, 2021
Kyle Carstens, a Fontana native and 2006 Prairie View graduate, is ready to compete in the Linn County Fair and Rodeo’s Outlaw Truck & Tractor Pull taking place on the evening of Aug. 8. Carstens just recently started competing with tractors in pulling events but has been pulling since 2008....[More]
Wildlife area under new management - Jul. 28, 2021
The Marais des Cygnes Wildlife Area on Vail Road has been under new management for the last six months with Assistant Manager Jacob Coulter taking the helm. Coulter has been employed at the area for nine years as the assistant manager, but stepped into the role of area manager when former manager...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jul. 28, 2021
Defund the police Who are the first ones to get called in the moment of crisis? The police. If a person is mugged on a downtown street, who is called? The police. If a store is robbed, a home, etc., who is called? The police. Yet, we’re seeing large cities run by Democrat governments calling...[More]
Commissioners question county attorney on hours, backlog - Jul. 28, 2021
Appearing at the tail end of the County Commissioners meeting on Monday, County Attorney Burton Harding was questioned by them concerning his employee, the hours he works and the court backlog of cases. Harding stated on clearing the court case backlog that what he thought he had stated was that he...[More]
Rape victim relative concerned over no county victim advocate, possible lack of penalty for defendant - Jul. 28, 2021
(Victim and family of victim’s name have been withheld to protect the victim.) A case that was filed in Linn Valley April 28, 2020, which occurred over the Easter weekend of April 12, 2020, continues today, but without the aid of a victim advocate for the rape victim’s family and...[More]
Brierley receives separate one-year sentences - Jul. 28, 2021
Given previous credit, most time is already served Robert Joseph Brierley has received consecutive 12-month sentences for crimes committed in 2019. At Brierley’s sentencing July 20 in Linn County District Court, Geoffrey W. Clark, judge pro tem, issued the rulings on separate cases of...[More]
James Allen Johnson 07-07-1949 to 07-24-2021 - Jul. 27, 2021
Linn County News Published July 28, 2021 James Allen Johnson, age 72, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Saturday, July 24, 2021, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., after a brief illness. Allen was born on July 7, 1949, at Moran, Kan., the son of Leroy Robert Raymond...[More]
Johnnie Leon Giffin 06-12-1938 to 07-22-2021 - Jul. 27, 2021
Linn County News Published July 28, 2021 Farmer boy, Johnnie Leon Giffin, loving father and husband of 58 years, went to Heaven on July 22, 2021. His funeral Mass will be at Prince of Peace Catholic Church at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 28, 2021, Johnnie was born June 12, 1938, in Fort Scott, Kan.,...[More]
SPECIAL: Linn County Sheriff's Office seeking identification of subject - Jul. 26, 2021
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the identification of the subject in the photos. If any person can assist in identifying the subject or vehicle in the photo please contact the Linn County Sheriff's Office at (913) 795-2665. The subject in the photo is not accused of any crime...[More]
William Jackie Simons, Jr. 02-20-1948 to 07-22-2021 - Jul. 23, 2021
Linn County News Published July 28, 2021 William Jackie Simons, Jr., age 73, died peacefully at home in Mound City, Kan., on July 22, 2021. Jack was born on Feb. 20, 1948, in Fort Scott, Kan., to William Jack Simons, Sr. and Welcome Irene “Becky” Floyd Simons. The family...[More]
