Barbara Sue Smith Michael 10-21-1944 to 02-02-2021 - Feb. 9, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 10, 2021 Barbara Sue Smith Michael, age 76, departed this life Feb. 2, 2021, after a lengthy fight with cancer. She was born Oct. 21, 1944, the third child of William Louis and Irmal Irene Cowan Smith. She was first married to Brett Lewis. They had one child, Edward...[More]
Margaret Jane Lamb Shaw 12-15-1926 to 02-05-2021 - Feb. 9, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 10, 2021 Margaret Jane Lamb Shaw, age 94, Moran, Kan., passed away Feb. 5, 2021, peacefully at Country Place Memory Care in Fort Scott, Kan. Margaret was born Dec. 15, 1926, south of Potosi schoolhouse in Pleasanton, Kan. She was the third of six children born to Mamie...[More]
Dora Arlene Johnson 12-19-1930 to 02-04-2021 - Feb. 5, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 10, 2021 Dora Arlene Johnson, age 90, Mound City, Kan., passed Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. She was born on Dec. 19, 1930, in Farlinville, Kan., the daughter of Lawrence Russel and Dora May Johnson Holt. She graduated from Mound City High School. Arlene...[More]
Donald R. Pryor 08-29-1945 to 02-01-2021 - Feb. 4, 2021
Linn County News Published Feb. 10, 2021 Donald R. Pryor, 75, of LaCygne, Kan., passed away unexpectedly on Feb. 1, 2021. Don was an amazing man who loved his family and enjoyed spending as much time as he could with them. He had many hobbies such as drag racing, working on his race...[More]
Lady Jays have a busy week with games against three league opponents - Feb. 3, 2021
The Pleasanton girls’ basketball team had a busy week as they hosted Three Rivers League foes St. Paul, Marmaton Valley and Altoona-Midway. They hosted St. Paul on Jan. 25 and lost 35-37. The Lady Jays bounced right back on Jan. 26 hosting Marmaton Valley and winning that game 39-25. The team...[More]
Prairie View girls fall to Osawatomie - Feb. 3, 2021
The Prairie View girls’ basketball team hosted Osawatomie on Jan. 29 for a Pioneer League contest. The boys did not play due to a COVID quarantine. The Lady Buffs had already played Osawatomie earlier this season and did not fare well against the Lady Trojans. This time was no different as Osawatomie...[More]
County to start recycling program, partnership with school in progress - Feb. 3, 2021
According to Jackie Messer, Public Works Field Administrator for Linn County, Pleasanton High School has a group of students wanting to start a school recycling program. Linn County is going to provide a recycle trailer, with the targeted materials being cardboard, aluminum cans, glass, and plastic...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Feb. 3, 2021
Green New Deal green for only a few Everything in politics is a case of follow the money or the power. And Green New Deal is no different – and guess who will be paying all the money that others have their hands out for? The American taxpayer - of course. The line of thinking? That...[More]
Fire destroys new Pleasanton business - Feb. 3, 2021
After holding a grand opening not too many months ago, Haynes Treasurer Chest located just off of 6th Street on Depot in Pleasanton was destroyed by a fire early Sunday morning that brought in four fire stations to extinguish the blaze. Owner of the business, Josh Haynes, said the cause of the fire...[More]
La Cygne man arrested on charge of criminal use of explosives - Feb. 3, 2021
On Jan. 25, La Cygne Police Chief Tina Fenoughty’s department received information that a La Cygne man was manufacturing explosives. Fenoughty contacted the Linn County Sheriff’s Department, the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives...[More]