Prairie View FFA team places well at national Ag Mechanics competition - Nov. 5, 2025
This past week, a four-member team from Prairie View’s FFA chapter traveled to Indianapolis, Ind. to compete at the National Ag Mechanics CDE competition. According to Trenton Smedley, PV FFA sponsor, the national competition consisted of each team member completing a written exam with general...[More]
Heartland awards $5,000 to Linn County Fair Association for fairgrounds intercom system - Nov. 5, 2025
The Linn County Fair Association has been awarded $5,000 from Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative’s Concern for Community program to install a new intercom system at the Linn County Fairgrounds. The project will provide fair organizers and volunteers with the ability to make announcements and...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Nov. 5, 2025
Time marches on I recently returned from a fishing trip, story to follow in the next few weeks, south of New Orleans. Time much needed to reset my brain – but, like I’ve learned in the past, vacations often take more work to get ready for and recover from than the time you get away… With...[More]
Democrats support very rich or very poor - Nov. 5, 2025
Editor: Democrat Senator Chris Coons admits that denying Americans their SNAP benefits is “unpleasant” but worth it because it gives Democrats political “leverage.” Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer and his cronies refuse to re-open the Government-causing air traffic controllers...[More]
Blu-Jay season ends with bi-district loss - Nov. 5, 2025
For a town which openly celebrated All Saint’s (Hallow’s) Day on Saturday, Olpe’s high school football team, eighth-ranked in Class 1-A, put a Halloween-eve hex on Pleasanton last Thursday night, scoring five touchdowns in the game’s first 12:12 and going on to a 59-14 1-A bi-district...[More]
Prairie View football moves to the Regional round with a big win against Burlington - Nov. 5, 2025
The Prairie View football team started the week nine, first round of the playoffs by hosting league foe Burlington on Oct. 30. The Buffalos entered the game as the four seed in the 3A east bracket while Burlington was the 13 seed. The Bufalos defeated Burlington earlier this season on Sept. 26...[More]
Jayhawk cross country competes at State - Nov. 5, 2025
The Jayhawk Linn cross country team traveled to Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence for the 3A State cross country meet. State is always a big challenge as the best cross country athletes are there and Rim Rock is one of the more challenging courses in the State but the Hawks did well. No medals for the...[More]
Jacqueline “Jackie” Whitcomb ~ 10-20-1962 to 10-29-2025 - Oct. 31, 2025
Linn County News Published November 5, 2025 Jacqueline "Jackie" Whitcomb, age 63, of Centerville, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, at Olathe Hospice House in Olathe, Kan. She was born on Oct. 20, 1962, in Olathe, Kan., the daughter of Gene and Mary (Coughlin) McCain. Jackie...[More]
ARREST RECORDS - 9/28 through 10/11/2025 - Oct. 31, 2025
On 09-28-2025 Tommy Bailey was arrested in connection with a bench warrant in case LN2024TR000087 (IN202500515) On 09-29-2025 Charles Naylor II was arrested in connection with an arrest warrant in case LN2025CR000167 (IN202500521) On 09-29-2025 Jessica Pell was arrested in connection domestic battery...[More]
Pleasanton Fire Chief speaks on ISO notification - Oct. 29, 2025
Pleasanton Fire Chief Jeff Wisdom reported to the Pleasanton City Council on Monday evening that he had received an email last Friday indicating that the city is officially in regression. This means that the city’s Public Protection Classification (PPC) has worsened, leading to a higher, less favorable...[More]
