Richard Ronald “Ron†Brock 11-14-1951 to 04-10-2022 - Apr. 22, 2022
Linn County News Published April 27, 2022 Richard Ronald "Ron" Brock, age 70, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2022. He was born Nov. 14, 1951, to Leonard (L.M.) Brock and Beatrice (Davis) Brock in Colony, Kan. Ron graduated from Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg, now Pitt State...[More]
Discovering Fort Scott’s little known stories - Apr. 20, 2022
Exploring the African American experience FORT SCOTT – Students from Fort Scott High School and Fort Scott Community College will be researching the little known and under told stories of progressive African Americans and leaders from the Fort Scott area. Students will create...[More]
Pleasanton track places second at home invitational - Apr. 20, 2022
The Pleasanton track teams hosted their home invitational on April 12, and both the boys’ and girls’ teams placed second out of nine teams. The boys scored 111 points while the girls scored 107 points. Southeast Cherokee won the event for the boys with a score of 146 while Jayhawk-Linn won...[More]
Jayhawk girls’ track places first at Pleasanton - Apr. 20, 2022
The Jayhawk-Linn track teams traveled to Pleasanton on April 12 to compete in the Pleasanton Invitational. The team did well as the girls placed first with a score of 119 points. The boys placed fifth out of nine teams with a score of 74 points. The girls had a medalist in almost every event. Alieah...[More]
Prairie View JV track competes at Pleasanton - Apr. 20, 2022
The Prairie View JV track teams traveled to Pleasanton on April 12 to compete in the Pleasanton Invitational. Anna Smrickova placed third for the girls in the 100-meter dash with a time of 14.56 seconds. She also placed sixth in the 200 with a time of 32.18. Justice Hopper placed sixth in the 100,...[More]
Active shooter training held at USD 344 - Apr. 20, 2022
Members of the Pleasanton USD 344 staff along with Linn County Sheriff’s Office, Pleasanton Police Department, Linn County Rural Fire Department personnel and staff from American Medical Response (AMR) held an active shooter training exercise at USD 344 on Monday morning, April 18, as part of the...[More]
Parker to get newer police vehicle - Apr. 20, 2022
Parker leaders have approved for purchase its police chief’s finding of a newer police vehicle. At a special council meeting Monday after last Thursday’s regular monthly meeting was cancelled due to lack of a quorum, separate 4-0 votes were cast, with Kandice Higgins not present. The...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Apr. 20, 2022
Supply chain issues Supply chain issues – that’s all the American public has heard for the last year. And, we’re starting to understand what that is when we can’t get microchips for our automobiles, fans for the Justice Center are on hold for months, and on and on. I was asked...[More]
USD 362 to move forward on proposals - Apr. 20, 2022
Cutting sports team numbers, middle school tech revamp to be studied Prairie View Unified School District 362 administrative leaders have been given the go-ahead both to study limitations on athletic-team numbers and to examine revamping the middle school technology laboratory. The considerations,...[More]
Grant puts La Cygne closer to fire station - Apr. 20, 2022
Notification of a $100,000 grant has put La Cygne one step closer to reaching its funding goal for a new fire station with shell. At the regular April 6 council meeting, Jodi Wade, city clerk, announced the city’s award of a $100,000 First Option Bank Trustee Foundation grant. “It’s...[More]
