BULLY PULPIT - Sep. 1, 2021
Note from the Publisher: I want my readers, and those that follow us on Facebook, to know that running the KBI’s Affidavit of Discovery report on Lonnie Shane Martin in full last week was very hard to do and came with much thought. First, it was very hard to type the report verbatim – the...[More]
Commissioners request funds from school districts for SRO vehicles - Sep. 1, 2021
The Linn County Commissioners have sent letters to the superintendents of each of the three school districts requesting the districts to budget funds over the next three years to cover the costs for replacing the vehicles the school resource officers (SROs) use. The letters detailed the amount of funds...[More]
La Cygne budget approval includes transfers - Sep. 1, 2021
La Cygne city leaders approved their 2022 city budget at a special meeting last Wednesday, Aug. 25, but not before allowing internal spending-authority transfers. With no patrons in attendance, the council on 3-0 votes – with Jerome Mitzner and Keith Stoker not present – first approved Resolution...[More]
Joe Charley Allison Jr. 08-24-1939 to 08-29-2021 - Aug. 31, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 1, 2021 Joe Charley Allison Jr., age 82 of Prescott, Kan., passed away, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. Joe was born Aug. 24, 1939, the son of Joe Charley and Nora (Bailey) Allison Sr., at Hughes, Ark. He was a longtime member of the Teamsters Union, doing construction and truck...[More]
Mary Kretchmar 08-11-1946 to 08-26-2021 - Aug. 31, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 1, 2021 Mary Kretchmar went home to Heaven on Aug. 26, 2021. Mary, or Mary Jane if you’re from Linn County or knew her from her younger days, was born in a little farmhouse in Mound City, Kan., on Aug. 11, 1946. She was raised there alongside her big brother,...[More]
Ann Louise Ferguson 03-18-1933 to 08-25-2021 - Aug. 31, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 1, 2021 Ann Louise Ferguson, 88, of Girard, Kan., died on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, at the Girard Medical Center. She was born on March 18, 1933, in Holton, Kan., the daughter of Cyril and Velma Nolin. She grew up in Blue Mound, Kan., and graduated from Blue Mound...[More]
Luedith Mae Lewis 02-06-1945 to 08-25-2021 - Aug. 31, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 1, 2021 Luedith Mae Lewis, age 76, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to service...[More]
Ralph Dugan Cowan 03-18-1936 to 08-23-2021 - Aug. 31, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 1, 2021 Ralph Dugan Cowan died Aug. 23, 2021. Ralph was born March 18, 1936, in Kansas City, Kan. He graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1954. That is where he met the love of his life, Deverl Simpson. Ralph married Dee on March 9, 1957. Their marriage lasted 61...[More]
Ronald Brinson Burton Sr. 09-15-1942 to 08-28-2021 - Aug. 31, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 1, 2021 Ronald Brinson Burton Sr., age 78, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. He was born on Sept. 15, 1942, in Vanceboro, N.C., the son of Willy Thomas and Lilla Mae Hendrix Burton. He proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps....[More]
Ida Eldene Pinkerton 01-27-1934 to 08-24-2021 - Aug. 26, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 1, 2021 Ida Eldene Pinkerton, age 87, Fulton, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. She was born in Fulton on Jan. 27, 1934, the daughter of Charles Earl and Eleanor Marie Smith Pinkerton. She graduated from Prescott High School. Eldene...[More]