High energy costs put Blue Mound in financial crisis - Mar. 3, 2021
During the regular monthly meeting for the city of Blue Mound, discussion centered on a resolution for the electric financial disaster. This resolution specifically covers a two-week period in February, where low temperatures and sub-zero wind chills over several days resulted in an increase in demand...[More]
White wins Jayhawk’s first wrestling State title - Mar. 3, 2021
The Jayhawk-Linn wrestling team only took one wrestler to the 3-1A State tournament in Hays on Feb. 27 but this year was about quality over quantity. Corbin White became the first wrestling State champion for the Jayhawk wrestling high school program going 3-0 in the tournament to win the 106...[More]
Cox-Halliburton places sixth at State for the Lady Buffs’ wrestling - Mar. 3, 2021
The Prairie View girls’ wrestling team traveled to the State tournament in Salina on Feb. 26. This year the Lady Buffalos took two wrestlers to State in Alyssa Page and Whitley Cox-Halliburton. As a team Prairie View only scored four team points which tied them for 46th out of 49 teams with two...[More]
Bullying: The psychological impact for victims - Mar. 3, 2021
Bullying is more prominent today than it has ever been because today there are more ways for a bully to reach their target. No longer is the bullying simply contained to the hallways of a school or the streets. Bullies now have the ability to reach out of the internet and bully their victim in a different...[More]
BULLY PULPIY - Mar. 3, 2021
Woke It’s taken me six weeks, give or take, to calm down and really accept, sort of, that Joe Biden, Bidan in some circles, is actually occupying the White House, or some locale thereabouts. And, not being an overly conceited person, I feel like I’ve done pretty well not bashing my television...[More]
SPECIAL: Notice of Heartland REC town hall - Mar. 1, 2021
Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative will be hosting a virtual town hall at 11:30 a.m. this Wednesday, March 3, on their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HeartlandREC. Mark Scheibe, Heartland chief executive officer, will host the event. Designed to discuss March energy bills,...[More]
Bruce Michael Mitchell 06-23-1953 to 02-27-2021 - Mar. 1, 2021
Linn County News Published March 3, 2021 Bruce Michael Mitchell, 67, of Blue Mound, Kan., died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, at St. Luke's East Hospital in Lee's Summit, Mo. Bruce was born June 23, 1953, in Moran, Kan., to Lloyd Gene and Betty Jo (Northway) Mitchell. He attended...[More]
Janet Lynne New Keating 03-14-1950 to 02-23-2021 - Feb. 26, 2021
Linn County News Published March 3, 2021 Janet Lynne New Keating 70, went to be with her Lord Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. She passed away at her home in Bucyrus, Kan., after a prolonged illness. Daughter of Thomas Beauford New and Lora Irene Hewitt New, she was born March 14, 1950,...[More]
SPECIAL: Evergy Extends Disconnect Moratorium - Feb. 24, 2021
Evergy Extends Disconnect Moratorium Payment plans and financial assistance available for customers KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 24, 2021 – Evergy will extend its moratorium on service disconnections through May 2. This temporary moratorium includes residential and small business customers...[More]
La Cygne answers remain in flux on gas index price spike City financial emergency resolution is anticipated - Feb. 24, 2021
The city of La Cygne, and by extension its natural gas customers, will not know right away the ramifications of last week’s free-market price index spike. In anticipation, however, city leaders were expected to pass a resolution to declare La Cygne’s state of financial emergency at a special...[More]
