Prairie View basketball teams go 2-1 at Kenny Holt Memorial Tournament at Uniontown - Jan. 26, 2022
Prairie View’s boys’ and girls’ basketball teams traveled to Uniontown this past week to compete in the Kenny Holt Memorial Tournament. The tournament featured four teams, Uniontown, Prairie View, Kansas City Christian (KCC) and Altoona Midway. Both the boys’ and girls’...[More]
Jayhawk basketball competes at Midseason Tournament in Pleasanton - Jan. 26, 2022
The Jayhawk basketball teams traveled to Pleasanton this past week to compete in Pleasanton’s Midseason Tournament. The Hawks’ first game in the tournament was on Jan . 17 against the host team Pleasanton. The girls fell to the Lady Jays, 47-17, but the boys won their game, 48-24. In the...[More]
La Cygne annexes county land - Jan. 26, 2022
Property involved is at Industrial Park La Cygne has annexed 12.5 acres of Linn County property. At their regular meeting last Wednesday, Jan. 19, the city’s council voted 4-0, with Thomas Capp not present, to adopt Ordinance No. 1498 that makes the Industrial Park property annexation...[More]
Procedure at Pleasanton council meeting questioned - Jan. 26, 2022
Question comes with recusal of council member on wife’s contract The first meeting of the year was held On Jan. 3 with three Pleasanton council members present: Joe Whitaker, Jake Mattingley and Melanie Staton. As recorded in notes from that meeting in the Jan. 5 edition of the Linn County...[More]
Court clarifies Allen bond conditions - Jan. 26, 2022
Defendant may be on 160 acres, but no driving A Parker man charged with the second-degree vehicular murder of his mother will be allowed to access a 160-acre contiguous square residential plot in Franklin County as part of a bond condition. At a state’s motion Zoom videoconference hearing...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jan. 26, 2022
Tool time I’ve always had an appreciation for people who can use tools – and know what they were for before they picked them up. When I became a widow I especially appreciated those who knew how to use tools, and could accomplish a project before they were too old to enjoy it, before they...[More]
STARS looks to open for 2022-2023 school year - Jan. 26, 2022
STARS, which stands for Southeast Technical Academy for Rural Students, is working toward their goal of opening for the 2022-2023 academic year. “STARS is a dream that actually started seven or eight years ago,” explained USD 344 Superintendent Travis Laver. “It was at that time we...[More]
Capitol Happenings…Just a Thought-Week 2 - Jan. 25, 2022
Action on the House Floor… We were introduced to HB2477 to extend the Governor’s executive orders, which is “AN ACT concerning governmental response to COVID-19; relating to health and healthcare; renewing provisions of law authorizing expanded...[More]
Legislative Update - Jan. 25, 2022
January 21, 2022 Wildfires Result in Possible Tax Change In December 2021, several communities in Kansas were devastated by wildfires. The high winds, storms, and fires resulted in loss of life, homes, and livelihoods. In response, Senate Bill (SB) 318 passed the Senate 35...[More]
Coach Doug Whitcraft 12-05-1958 to 01-16-2022 - Jan. 25, 2022
Linn County News Published Jan. 26, 2022 Douglas Leonard Whitcraft, son of the late Donald Francis Sr. and Bernice Rose (Benson) Whitcraft, was born on Dec. 5, 1958, in Cleveland, Mo., and began his eternal journey with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on the evening of Sunday, Jan....[More]
