Prairie View volleyball falls to Pioneer League foes, defeats Jayhawk Linn - Sep. 23, 2026
LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com The Prairie View volleyball team traveled to Santa Fe Trail on Sept. 15 for a Pioneer League triangular against Trail and the Burlington Wildcats before traveling to Jayhawk on Sept. 17 to take on the Lady Hawks in a best of five sets game. At Trail the...[More]
Jayhawk boys’ cross country places third at Wellsville - Sep. 23, 2026
LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com The Jayhawk cross country team traveled to Wellsville on Sept. 17 to compete in the Wellsville Invitational. The Hawks did well as the boys’ varsity team placed third in an event that featured over 30 teams. The boys had a team score of 67 for third...[More]
Pleasanton football falls to Marmaton Valley - Sep. 23, 2026
LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com The Pleasanton football team traveled to Marmaton Valley on Sept. 18 for a Three Rivers League contest against the Marmaton Valley Wildcats. The Jays entered the contest 1-1 with a 38-30 victory over St. Paul on Sept. 4 and a 36-82 loss against Erie on...[More]
Jury trial dates set in Linn Valley rape case - Sep. 23, 2026
Linn County News linncountynewsreporter@gmail.com On Wednesday, Sept. 16, Colin Wilson, case LN-2026-CR-000128, made an appearance in Linn County District Court with his court-appointed attorney, Albert Harris, for an arraignment hearing. During that hearing Judge Andrea Purvis set out several...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Sep. 23, 2026
Name your work First, I want to thank all of the people that said yes to being on our KU grant focus committee. It’s not easy to take time out of a day to help someone, but you all did that and I appreciate it so much. Next, thank you to all who took time to come to our community meeting where...[More]
Slower Than a Stationary Bullet - Sep. 23, 2026
California’s decades-in-the-making high-speed rail system has problems. The first: In 2008 Californians approved a $10 billion bond measure as down payment on a $45 billion, 800-mile bullet-train system. At the time, a policy analyst suggested that many people “sense that maybe that [bullet...[More]
Not enough rich people to tax - Sep. 23, 2026
There aren’t enough rich people to tax to fund what Democratic Socialists of America candidates are promising. The millionaire next door When the DSA says “tax the rich,” they want us to think of guys like Thurston Howell III, the “Gilligan’s Island” millionaire...[More]
Bobby Lee Runkle ~ 11-26-1956 to 09-15-2026 - Sep. 22, 2026
Linn County News Published September 23, 2026 Bobby Lee Runkle, 69, of Centerville, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. White-Ranson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. He was born Nov. 26, 1956, in Dixon, Ill., to the late Bobby Hugh Runkle and the late Rosemary May Gibbons...[More]
Raymond E. Cornett ~ 05-21-1953 to 09-18-2026 - Sep. 22, 2026
Linn County News Published September 23, 2026 Raymond E. Cornett, age 73, Garnett, Kan., passed away Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, at Schneider Funeral Home, La Cygne Chapel. Burial will be in Richland Cemetery. Visitation will...[More]
SPECIAL: KDOT to begin K-68 expansion in Miami County - Sep. 21, 2026
The Kansas Department of Transportation will begin the $60 million four-lane expressway project on K-68 on Tuesday, Sept. 22. The existing two-lane highway will be expanded to four lanes separated by a median to improve safety and traffic flow to accommodate growth in Louisburg and area communities....[More]
