Conley ready for new position at USD 344 - Feb. 23, 2022
Recently the USD 344 board of education named Sara Conley as the new principal for the 2022-2023 academic year at Pleasanton Junior-Senior High School. Conley will be replacing Mitch Shaw, the current principal, as he leaves to take a new position at Oswego School District at the end of the year. Conley,...[More]
Pleasanton basketball hosts Hume, Chetopa - Feb. 23, 2022
The Pleasanton basketball teams hosted Hume and Chetopa this past week. The Jays celebrated Senior-Parent Night on Feb. 15 as they hosted non-league opponent Hume and then celebrated their twice delayed Pleasanton Courtwarming on Feb. 21 as they hosted Chetopa. The Jays lost both the boys’ and...[More]
Prairie View sends four male wrestlers to State Tournament - Feb. 23, 2022
The Prairie View boys’ wrestling team traveled to Frontenac on Feb. 19 to compete in the 4A Regional C. As a team the Buffalos placed fifth overall with 94 team points. Chanute won the tournament with 219.5 team points. The Buffalos also qualified four wrestlers for the 4A State Tournament at...[More]
Jayhawk wrestling takes three to State Tournament - Feb. 23, 2022
The Jayhawk wrestling team traveled to Douglass on Feb. 18-19 to compete in the 3-1A Regional A Tournament. The Hawks placed sixth as a team out of 22 teams with 82 team points. Douglass won the tournament with 140 team points. The Hawks had two wrestlers earn a regional championship and a total...[More]
Vickie Lynn Daggett 03-19-1951 to 02-21-2022 - Feb. 22, 2022
Linn County News Published Feb. 23, 2022 Vickie Lynn Daggett, age 70, formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. She was born on March 19, 1951, in Pleasanton, Kan., the daughter of Charles and Dorothy Weems Daggett. One of her proudest achievements...[More]
Gary Dean Keller 01-26-1960 to 02-18-2022 - Feb. 21, 2022
Linn County News Published Feb. 23, 2022 Gary Dean Keller, 62, of Linn Valley, Kan., died at his home on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Gary was born in Olathe, Kan., on Jan. 26, 1960, to Delbert Dean and Patricia Ann (Turnbaugh) Keller. He attended schools in Olathe and graduated...[More]
Lennie Dean Dale 02-24-1939 to 02-18-2022 - Feb. 21, 2022
Linn County News Published Feb. 23, 2022 Lennie Dean Dale, age 82, Hume, Mo., passed away Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Funeral service was scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at the Hume Christian Church, with burial in the Hume Cemetery. Visitation was to be held from 5-7...[More]
Mary Ellen Gainer 08-30-1934 to 02-11-2022 - Feb. 21, 2022
Linn County News Published Feb. 23, 2022 Mary Ellen Gainer, age 87, of Centerville, Kan., passed away Feb. 11, 2022, at Louisburg Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Mary Ellen was born on Aug. 30, 1934, in Wagstaff, Kan., the...[More]
KDHE and the FDA warn consumers not to use select Similac, Alimentum and EleCare powdered infant formula - Feb. 18, 2022
TOPEKA – Yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it is investigating complaints of infant illness related to products from Abbott’s Nutrition’s Sturgis, MI facility. Three brands of powdered infant formula were recalled for possible Cronobacter contamination. As...[More]
SPECIAL: Four killed in wreck on U.S. 69 Highway - Feb. 18, 2022
Four people were killed on the morning of Feb. 18, in a wreck just south of the Butler exit, north of the city of Pleasanton. According to reports filed by the Kansas Highway Patrol , the vehicle, a 2019 Dodge Ram pickup, was traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 69 when it hit a patch of ice, The driver...[More]
