Prairie View baseball falls to Burlington, Hume - Apr. 21, 2021
The Prairie View baseball team hosted Burlington in a league doubleheader on April 13 and then hosted Hume in a non-league single game on April 15. The Buffalos lost all three games. They lost to Burlington 21-0 and 7-3 and to Hume 15-14. The first game against Burlington was one the Buffalos would...[More]
Charles Robert Patterson 03-25-1942 to 04-16-2021 - Apr. 20, 2021
Linn County News Published April 21, 2021 Charles Robert Patterson, 79, Dwight, Kan., passed away April 16, 2021, at his residence. He was born March 25, 1942, in Amoret, Mo., the son of Claude and Phyllis (Mitchell) Patterson. He married JoAnn Norris on Feb. 23, 1962. He was preceded in...[More]
Floyd Arthur Holmes 01-13-1916 to 02-13-2021 - Apr. 16, 2021
Linn County News Published April 21, 2021 Floyd Arthur Holmes (or Arthur Floyd Holmes, it was never clear which) passed away peacefully at his residence at Grandwood Assisted Living in Grove, Okla., on Feb. 13, 2021, exactly one month after celebrating his 105th birthday. A memorial graveside...[More]
John William Woodburn 01-07-1945 to 03-07-2021 - Apr. 16, 2021
Linn County News Published April 21, 2021 John William Woodburn, 76, died March 7, 2021 in Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Ark. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, April 24, at 2 p.m. at the Pleasanton Cemetery in Pleasanton, Kan., under the direction of Schneider...[More]
Many contribute to Lady Buffs sweep of Iola - Apr. 14, 2021
Prairie View got contributions from many sources in their April 6 softball doubleheader sweep of Iola. Wins of 10-3 and 18-8 over the Fillies raised the Lady Buffalos’ Pioneer League record to 4-0, 5-0 overall, to begin this week. The team will host a non-league twinbill at 4:30 p.m. Friday against...[More]
Jayhawk JV golf has good showings at Erie, Fort Scott - Apr. 14, 2021
The Jayhawk JV golf team did well last week. On April 5 they traveled to Erie and on April 6 they went to Fort Scott for a tournament hosted by Uniontown. In the Erie tournament they only brought three golfers so they could not place as a team, but at the Uniontown tournament the Hawks won with...[More]
Pleasanton baseball sweeps Chetopa while Jay softball is swept - Apr. 14, 2021
The Pleasanton baseball and softball teams traveled to Chetopa on April 5 to compete in a Three Rivers League doubleheader against Chetopa. The Jays split against Chetopa as the baseball team won both their games, 12-11 and 20-10, while the softball team lost both their games, 5-14 and 7-8. Stats for...[More]
Fighting addiction with grace and mercy - Apr. 14, 2021
Living Free Linn County is an addiction recovery program that was started by Pastor Cary Coffey with the Assembly of God Church in Pleasanton. The program’s goal is to fight drug addiction with the grace and mercy of God’s love. “When I first started this program three years ago, I...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Apr. 14, 2021
Close our coal plants – what next? I’m looking at Greta, AOC, Joe and the rest of Dems’ plan to thrust the Green New Deal on America, and I wonder how much the average consumer can bear. Linn County alone will face the inevitable tax increase of up to 66 percent if Evergy closes the...[More]
Mound City Council reopens discussions on sale of lake - Apr. 14, 2021
The Mound City Council met by phone for a special meeting on Tuesday afternoon, April 6, for the purpose of determining whether or not to reopen the discussions on the sale of the city lake. During the course of that meeting, the council voted to go forward with the discussions on selling the city lake. In...[More]
