Despite final loss, Lady Buffs enjoy renewal year - Mar. 9, 2022
Hopefully, memories of the just-completed basketball season for two Prairie View Lady Buffalo seniors will not hinge on their March 1 Class 3-A sub-state opening-round 58-23 loss at Burlington. For only one of the classification’s 64 teams will end with a victory, that being the winner of this...[More]
Loss to top seed ends Lady Hawk season - Mar. 9, 2022
Facing the sub-state’s top seed Feb. 28, the Jayhawk-Linn girls’ basketball season came to an end on a 66-16 loss at Pittsburg St. Mary’s-Colgan. The Lady Jayhawks finish at 3-15 overall, 3-7 for eighth place in the Three Rivers League. In a Uniontown Class 2-A sub-state opening round...[More]
Fauna Belle Kemper 06-11-1930 to 01-24-2022 - Mar. 8, 2022
Linn County News Published March 9, 2022 Fauna Belle Kemper went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Jan. 24, 2022. She was born on June 11, 1930, and was greeted in heaven by her parents, Jesse and Louise Hobson; her stepmother, Frances Hobson; her husband, Ernest Kemper; her brother-in-law and sister,...[More]
Wesley Elmo Medlen 04-04-1936 to 03-05-2022 - Mar. 8, 2022
Linn County News Published March 9, 2022 Wesley Elmo Medlen, age 85 of La Cygne, Kan., passed away at his home on March 5, 2022. Funeral service will be at 12 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at the Rutlader Outpost Cowboy Church. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time. Burial will be at the Oak...[More]
John David Ross 09-27-1960 to 03-05-2022 - Mar. 8, 2022
Linn County News Published March 9, 2022 John David Ross, age 61 of Edwardsville, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away March 5, 2022. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 12, 2022, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. Visitation will be at 1...[More]
Donald Ted Mead 07-11-1944 to 03-06-2022 - Mar. 8, 2022
Linn County News Published March 9, 2022 Donald Ted Mead, age 77, Mt. Vernon, Mo., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Sunday, March 6, 2022. He was born in Kansas City, Mo., on July 11, 1944, the son of Deward H. and Mary Louise Lock Mead. He served his country in the United States Air Force....[More]
Donald Ray Winters 01-04-1936 to 03-03-2022 - Mar. 7, 2022
Linn County News Published March 9, 2022 Donald Ray Winters, age 86, Mt. Hope, Kan., formerly of Mound City, Kan., passed away Thursday, March 3, 2022. He was born in Lane, Kan., on Jan. 4, 1936, the son of Harry and Mary Castlebury Winters. After graduating from high school...[More]
Carol Ann Heald 11-09-1937 to 02-23-2022 - Mar. 7, 2022
Linn County News Published March 9, 2022 Carol Ann Heald, age 84, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 12, 2022, at New Lancaster United Methodist Church with burial in New Lancaster Cemetery. Visitation will be...[More]
Robert “Bob†Basore 08-28-1939 to 02-26-2022 - Mar. 7, 2022
Linn County News Published March 9, 2022 Robert "Bob" Basore, age 82, Linn Valley, Kan., passed away Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. Bob was born Aug. 28, 1939, in Rich Hill, Mo., the son of Claude and Doris (Lacy) Basore. He graduated from Pleasanton High School in the Class of...[More]
County pursues $1.4 million grant for Pleasanton Industrial Park - Mar. 2, 2022
Linn County Economic Development Director Jessica Hightower reported to the county commissioners Monday that the county will submit a BASE (Build A Strong Economy) grant to create a qualified industrial park on 157 acres across from Fabcon just south of Pleasanton. The grant would make the industrial...[More]
