Pleasanton football falls to Olpe - Oct. 6, 2021
The Pleasanton football team traveled to Olpe on Oct. 1 for a district contest. Olpe is currently in first place in Class 1A District 1 with a 5-0 record while Pleasanton is last with an 0-5 record. The Jays battled, but Olpe is just the better team and defeated Pleasanton 63-0. The first quarter was...[More]
Civil War reenactor traces family history to Linn County area - Oct. 6, 2021
Several times a year for nearly three decades, Washington, D.C., resident Calvin Osborne has put on a Civil War uniform to reenact the stories of Black soldiers who fought for the ending of slavery in this country. Osborne said his passion for reenactment was borne from watching the 1989 movie “Glory,”...[More]
La Cygne Historical Society pushing to finish time capsule - Oct. 6, 2021
In 2019 La Cygne celebrated in 150th anniversary, and as part of that celebration they dug up a time capsule that had been buried with the intent of city descendants opening it during that specific anniversary of the founding of the town. “When we got it open we found it was full of water and...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Oct. 6, 2021
Facebook is down I’m imagining millions of people crying themselves into a tizzy about now, Monday afternoon – the headline on Fox News reads, “Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp suffering from widespread outages, Facebook says it is ‘working to get things back to normal as...[More]
Cox Motor Co. to celebrate 75 years in business Oct. 30 - Oct. 6, 2021
On July 11, 1946, Pleasanton’s Cox Motor Co. owner Waldo Cox held the first grand opening after achieving a monumental goal of building a new building and outfitting it for business as a Ford dealership – all within 12 months. On Saturday, Oct. 30, Cox Motor Co. owners Jesse and Kathy Secrest...[More]
Cost of prosecution by Kansas Office of Attorney General explained - Oct. 6, 2021
No charge for AG attorneys time to county Linn County currently has two cases that Linn County Attorney Burton Harding has turned over to the Kansas Office of Attorney General for prosecution. The first one is Kansas vs. James Rocky Allen, who is being held on charges of second-degree murder...[More]
Peoples Telecommunications issued internet project permit - Oct. 6, 2021
Lack of internet service in Linn County brought Jennifer Leach, Peoples Telecommunications of La Cygne general manager, to the Linn County Commissioners meeting Monday, Oct. 4, stating, “People are screaming for fiber optic communication, and we’re trying to get it to Parker.” She...[More]
Betty Sue Stainbrook 05-02-1941 to 09-30-2021 - Oct. 5, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 6, 2021 Betty Sue Stainbrook, age 80, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. She was born on May 2, 1941, in Kansas City, Kan., to Paul and Mildred Stainbrook. Betty was raised in Overland Park, Kan., and graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School in 1959. After...[More]
Charles Leon Holmes 08-08-1936 to 10-02-2021 - Oct. 5, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 6, 2021 Charles Leon Holmes, age 85, was born Aug. 8, 1936, on his parents’ farm near Prescott, Kan., the son of Harold S. and Marguerite Coon Holmes. Leon lived his entire life in the Prescott community attending grade school at Shiloh and Prescott and graduating...[More]
Linda Kay Klee 10-03-1941 to 09-27-2021 - Sep. 30, 2021
Linn County News Published Oct. 6, 2021 Linda Kay Klee, age 79, Mound City, Kan., passed away Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. She was born in Norton, Kan., on Oct. 3, 1941, the daughter of Timothy and Dorothy McAdams Ward. She was married to Henry Fredrick Klee in Steele City,...[More]
