Pleasanton boys’ t-ball and Blue Mound softball lead the way in this past week’s tournaments - Jul. 18, 2018
Both local baseball and softball teams competed in tournaments this past week with teams being represented from Pleasanton, Blue Mound and Parker. The Pleasanton and Blue Mound T-ball teams competed in tournaments from July 9 to July 12. To see the full article, check out this week's...[More]
County Attorney explains Adult Diversion program - Jul. 18, 2018
Introducing Diversion Coordinator Letitia Ferwalt, County Attorney James Brun told the County Commissioners Monday that the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) filed a lawsuit in the Kansas Supreme Court June 8 alleging counties were not in compliance with state statutes guiding the diversion program. Ferwalt...[More]
Pulpit - ICE in the spotlight - Jul. 18, 2018
It takes one idiot, i.e., a woman scaling the Statue of Liberty on July 4, to perform a personal protest that shut the monument down for several hours, keeping 3,000 tourists away from a vacation destination. Www.rollingstone.com reported, “Four days after almost a million immigration...[More]
Benedick arraignment set for Aug. 29 continuance - Jul. 18, 2018
Arraignment for Wayne Benedick, La Cygne, has been set over for a late-August special setting. At an arraignment hearing July 10 in Linn County District Court for Benedick, defense counsel John A. DeMarco, Overland Park, requested the continuance. Alluding to a June 22 appearance in which Benedick...[More]
Commissioners look to whittle county budget - Jul. 18, 2018
With tentative budgets submitted, County Clerk David Lamb showed preliminary budget numbers to the County Commissioners and let them know that $689,364 needs to be cut from the budget, or the county will go over the 2019 tax lid and require an election to approve the budget. Lamb said...[More]
Linn County Idol contestant deadline July 27 - Jul. 18, 2018
The deadline for contestant entry in the Linn County Idol talent competition has been set for July 27. Individuals or groups interested in entering should contact 56J Productions at 913-795-2360 for entry form and rules. To see the full article, check out this week's...[More]
Herbert Lee Pemberton 09-09-1942 to 07-15-2018 - Jul. 17, 2018
Linn County News Published July 18, 2018 Herbert Lee Pemberton, age 75, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Sunday, July 15, 2018, at his rural La Cygne home. He was born Sept. 9, 1942, to Edith (Cohee) Pemberton (Ross) and Daniel Herbert Pemberton in Independence, Mo. He was mostly raised by his...[More]
Myrtle Maude Wood 12-19-1927 to 07-11-2018 - Jul. 17, 2018
Linn County News Published July 18, 2018 Myrtle Maude Wood, 90, a longtime resident of Prescott, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. She was born Dec. 19, 1927 in Prescott, the daughter of Orville D. and Villa F. Davis Mayhugh. She married Daniel J. (D.J./Jim) Wood on Dec....[More]
Charles “Chuck” Warren Ringey 11-14-1948 to 07-14-2018 - Jul. 17, 2018
Linn County News Published July 18, 2018 Charles “Chuck” Warren Ringey, age 69 of Parker, Kan., died Saturday, July 14, 2018, in his home after a 10-year battle with cancer. Chuck was born Nov. 14, 1948, in Paola, Kan. He was the second of three children born to Charles Wildar and...[More]
Hilma Dolores Ungeheuer 07-30-1921 to 07-13-2018 - Jul. 17, 2018
Linn County News Published July 18, 2018 Hilma Dolores (Switzer) Ungeheuer passed away on July 13, 2018, at Fort Scott Medicalodge; she was 96. Hilma was born in rural Mound City on July 30, 1921, the oldest daughter of Harry and Ruby (Stites) Switzer. Hilma grew up with her sister Betty and...[More]
