SPECIAL: Commissioners leave SRO funding for 2023 year, 2-1 - May. 11, 2022
Ask that sheriff and superintendents meet and form a plan The Commissioner’s meeting room was packed with approximately 40 people comprised of city mayors, council people from countywide and citizens concerned with one of four subjects discussed last week – cutting the SRO program,...[More]
Mayors, councils speak on infrastructure defunding proposal - May. 11, 2022
Fire station take-over and dispatching calls also discussed Monday brought a packed commission room to Mound City after the commissioners discussed defunding the SRO program and eliminating the infrastructure funding they’d shared for six years. La Cygne Mayor Debra Wilson spoke...[More]
Fireworks in jeopardy at Pleasanton, call for licensed shooters - May. 11, 2022
Pleasanton Fire Chief Rob Dent spoke to the council and said they have no available firefighters to shoot off fireworks July 2. His explanation, the same people have been doing it for 22 years and they’re tired and want to spend the holiday with family around the barbecue. Dent said he contacted...[More]
USD 362 board deadlocks on cut policy - May. 11, 2022
3-3 votes on sports issue delay Prairie View High handbook approval The Unified School District 362 board of education will now most likely wait a month to approve the Prairie View High student handbook for 2022-23. An hour of discussion on language concerning sports-team participation that...[More]
Rosamay Dixon 12-09-1942 to 05-09-2022 - May. 11, 2022
Linn County News Published May 11, 2022 Rosamay Dixon, age 79, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Monday May 9, 2022. She was born in Kansas City, Kan., on Dec. 9, 1942, the daughter of Robert Lee Miller and Myra Edith Sawyers. She worked in customer service in the retail sector and later owned Dixon’s...[More]
Dale L. Castleberry 03-15-1933 to 04-30-2022 - May. 11, 2022
Linn County News Published May 11, 2022 Dale L. Castleberry 89 of Garnett, Kan., died April 30, 2022, at St. Luke’s Hospital. Services were May 5-6 at Eddy-Birchard Funeral home in Osawatomie. Burial at Osawatomie Cemetery. ...[More]
Domestic violence: Emotional abuse and gaslighting - May. 11, 2022
As we learned in the last installment of this series, domestic violence and abuse go beyond the normal scope that one first imagines when you hear the term but it goes beyond the physical scope as well and often begins with an emotional rollercoaster that becomes an ingrained part of the victim. This...[More]
Prairie View softball defeats Osawatomie and Girard - May. 11, 2022
The Prairie View softball team played Osawatomie and Girard this past week. They hosted Osawatomie in a league doubleheader on May 3 and traveled to Girard for a single game on May 6. The Lady Buffs swept Osawatomie, 16-2 and 10-0, and won the single game against Girard, 9-7. The first game against...[More]
Jayhawk girls’ track place second at Northeast Arma - May. 11, 2022
The Jayhawk track team traveled to Northeast Arma on May 6 to compete in the Northeast Arma Invitational. The meet was originally scheduled for May 5 but was moved to May 6 due to weather. The Hawks did well at the meet as the girls placed second with 85 team points. The boys were fifth with 33.5 team...[More]
Pleasanton track places second at Iola JV Invitational - May. 11, 2022
The Pleasanton track team traveled to Iola on May 9 to compete in the Iola JV Invitational. The Jays did well as both the boys and girls placed second. The boys were second with 135 team points while the girls tied with Prairie View for second with 104 points. Colgan won the meet for the girls with...[More]
