Wreck on 69 ends up in ravine near railroad tracks - Nov. 11, 2020
Linn County firefighters and emergency personnel responded to the scene of a wreck at mile marker 88 in the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 69 just outside of Pleasanton on the morning of Thursday, Nov. 5. Upon arriving on scene they found the vehicle involved in the crash had left the roadway and...[More]
USD 362 elementary schools to get interactive panels - Nov. 11, 2020
La Cygne and Parker elementary schools will each be receiving five ClearTouch classroom interactive panels to be installed during the Christmas break. The total $45,775 purchase from Kansas City (Mo.) Audio-Visual was approved at Monday’s Unified School District board of education meeting on a...[More]
USD 346 discusses county quarantine procedures - Nov. 11, 2020
During the regular monthly meeting of Jayhawk-Linn school board, discussion was had over quarantine procedures. Superintendent Royce Powelson informed the board as of Monday, Nov. 9, there were 41 students gone from school who were on COVID-19 precaution. He elaborated that several were call-ins...[More]
USD 344 going to virtual learning Nov. 16 – Dec. 1 - Nov. 11, 2020
Board members of USD 344 voted to send grades 7 - 12 students back to virtual learning Monday, Nov. 16 until the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Dec. 1. Board member Stetson Kern said, “We’re leaving grade school students in because it’s harder for them to learn virtually than the older...[More]
Thomas Franklin “T.F.†Edmonds 01-14-1928 to 11-06-2020 - Nov. 10, 2020
Linn County News Published Nov. 11, 2020 Thomas Franklin “T.F.” Edmonds, age 92, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Friday Nov. 6, 2020. He was born on Jan. 14, 1928, in Burbank, Calif., the son of Dale and Dorthea Curran Edmonds. He graduated from Blue Mound High School. T.F....[More]
Orville J. Cole 03-04-1928 to 11-07-2020 - Nov. 10, 2020
Linn County News Published Nov. 4, 2020 Orville J. Cole, age 92, passed away on Nov. 7, 2020, at Olathe Medical Center. He was born in Garnett, Kan., on March 4, 1928, the son of Ray D. Cole and Edna Mae (Reinfeld) Cole. He spent his entire life in Anderson County, Kan., with the exception...[More]
Virginia Lee Stuffings-Kohl 11-08-1932 to 11-08-2020 - Nov. 10, 2020
Linn County News Published Nov. 11, 2020 Virginia Lee Stuffings-Kohl, age 88, Overland Park, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. She was born in Linn County, Kan., on Nov. 8, 1932, the daughter of Manford Lee and Lula Frances Cantwell Stuffings. She graduated from...[More]
Vera F. (Irwin) Williamson 04-04-1926 to 11-04-2020 - Nov. 6, 2020
Linn County News Published Nov. 11, 2020 Vera F. (Irwin) Williamson, age 94 (when we were kids she always said she was 29,) passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, reunited in heaven with A.K. “Kay”, her beloved husband of 62 years. Mom saved and cherished the...[More]
Wheeler E. Cortner 12-05-1928 to 11-02-2020 - Nov. 4, 2020
Linn County News Published Nov. 4, 2020 Wheeler E. Cortner, age 91, formerly of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. He was born in Kansas City, Mo., on December 5, 1928, the son of Wheeler D. and Pearl F. Chamberlin Cortner. He proudly served his country during...[More]
For Hawk seniors, Erie loss ends final season like no other - Nov. 4, 2020
Jayhawk-Linn’s football season came to a close last Thursday, Erie scoring all 25 of the game’s second-half points to win a 37-24 Class 2-A cross-district consolation match. Dare to say that no senior football class in the school’s first 48 years had endured a campaign quite like that...[More]