Jayhawk wrestling produces two champions at Emporia - Dec. 22, 2021
The Jayhawk wrestling team traveled to Emporia on Dec. 18 to compete in the Emporia Winter Classic. There were 16 total teams in the tournament, and the Hawks did well only bringing five wrestlers and placing fifth with 76.5 points. Emporia won the event with 191 team points. Corbin White is...[More]
Quik Taco in La Cygne seeing success - Dec. 22, 2021
Two years ago Oscar Martinez moved his family to Linn Valley. The single dad was driving back and forth to the city where he worked until he finally decided he was tired of it and that is when the idea for Quik Taco was born. Martinez began looking for a building and found one at 326 E. Market in La...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Dec. 22, 2021
A thoughtful conversation Seems like thoughtful conversations don’t occur very often now; one side tries to blast the other with volume or attempt to totally shut the other side down from speaking at all. My line of thought turned to this last week when a Confederate flag was called out that...[More]
Evergy outage largest in company’s experience - Dec. 22, 2021
Early on the evening on Wednesday, Dec. 15, a good portion of Linn County lost power. That outage lasted 14 hours and into Thursday morning for many in Linn County and beyond that for many of Evergy’s other customers. Reports from across the county showed that Pleasanton, Prescott and Blue Mound,...[More]
TikTok challenge puts local district on alert - Dec. 22, 2021
A challenge issued on TikTok – a short form, video-sharing app – last week caused a local school, as well as schools across the nation, to take extra precautions on Friday, Dec. 17. The alleged TikTok threat encouraged students to bring weapons to school on Dec. 17, causing alarm for...[More]
Linn County Planning Commission approves new cellular towers - Dec. 22, 2021
Returning to the Linn County Planning Commission meeting Tuesday, Dec. 14, the attorney representing Harmoni Towers, LLC, on behalf of AT&T, Glenda Cafer, spoke concerning conditional use permits (CUPs) 21-05 and 21-06, two towers requested to be built near the U.S. Highway 69 corridor. Cafer said,...[More]
Warren Hayward Barber 02-10-1931 to 11-29-2021 - Dec. 21, 2021
Linn County News Published Dec. 22, 2021 Warren Hayward Barber, age 90, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. He was born in Versailles, Mo., Feb. 10, 1931, the son of Lum Lee and Neva Annie Moser Barber. He enjoyed a childhood in rural southern Missouri and talked fondly of riding his...[More]
Robert Joe Baugh 01-23-1939 to 12-17-2021 - Dec. 21, 2021
Linn County News Published Dec. 22, 2021 Robert Joe Baugh, age 82, Mound City, Kan., went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. He was born on Jan. 23, 1939, in Pleasanton, Kan., the son of Owen Wesley and Mary Ellen Peterson Baugh. He graduated from Pleasanton High School in the...[More]
Dorothy Lee Story 12-19-1930 to 12-19-2021 - Dec. 21, 2021
Linn County News Published Dec. 22, 2021 Dorothy Lee Story, age 91, Mound City, Kan., passed away Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. She was born on Dec. 19, 1930, in Greeley, Kan., the daughter of Amos and Eva Elizabeth Carson Wools. She attended school in Garnett, Kan. She was united in marriage to Bobby Story....[More]
Joe Junior Turpen 03-13-1943 to 12-17-2021 - Dec. 21, 2021
Linn County News Published Dec. 22, 2021 Joe Junior Turpen, age 78, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. He was born on March 13, 1943, in Linn County, Kan., the son of Joe and Dorothy Funk Turpen. He graduated from La Cygne Rural High School in the Class of 1961. He then attended...[More]
