Kevin Lee Dale 03-03-1960 to 05-06-2018 - May. 8, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished May 9, 2018Kevin Lee Dale, age 58, Hume, Mo., passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2018. Funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Friday, May 11, 2018, at the Hume Christian Church. Burial will be in the Hume Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday...[More]
Glenn Allen Riley 05-31-1936 to 05-05-2018 - May. 8, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished May 9, 2018Glenn Allen Riley, age 81, of Sugar Valley Lakes near Mound City, Kan., passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at Prescott Country View. He was born on May 31, 1936, at Oklahoma City, Okla., the son of Lewis and Beulah Lewis Riley. He graduated from Parker High School...[More]
Betty M. Ray 05-28-1924 to 05-02-2018 - May. 8, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished May 9, 2018Betty M. Ray, age 93, formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., died May 2, 2018, at the Prescott Country View Nursing Home in Prescott, Kan. She was born May 28, 1924, at LaPorte, Ind., to O.G. and Myrtle Taylor Culver. She graduated from LaPorte High School and South Bend College...[More]
Jayhawk golf wins home tournament; Pleasanton, Prairie View also compete - May. 2, 2018
The Jayhawk golf team hosted their home golf invitational on April 26 at Sugar Valley golf course.The Hawks continue to have a great season and won their home tournament with a score of 356. The Hawks were followed by Southern Lyon County, 372, Burlington, 392, West Franklin, 403, Chetopa, 438, Uniontown,...[More]
Pleasanton baseball, softball continue to grow as season progresses - May. 2, 2018
The Pleasanton baseball and softball teams continued to grow as a team and as a program this past week as they faced league foes Crest and Chetopa.Both the baseball and softball teams traveled to Crest on April 23 to face the Lancers. The boys split against Crest, winning the first game 10-5 and losing...[More]
Bully Pulpit: Due process - May. 2, 2018
It’s time for the pitch forks, buckets of tar and half-truths to be put away and a more civil approach be taken where prosecution of the law is concerned. I’ve never seen more outlandish posts on Facebook in my life, nor heard more defamatory statements concerning an official elected by more...[More]
Prairie View hosts home track meet - May. 2, 2018
The Prairie View track team hosted their home invitational on April 26.The Buffalos did well at their home meet as the girls placed second with a score of 68 while the boys were fourth with a score of 56. Louisburg won the meet for both the boys, 103.33, and the girls, 105. Appleton City followed the...[More]
Neosho Valley Spring Art Exhibit 2018 winners - May. 2, 2018
Joe Summers, Centerville, won first place in the sculpture category in the 39th annual Neosho Valley Spring Art Exhibit at the Chanute Art Gallery, Chanute, with a ceramic sculpture entitled “Of the Bird Man Tribe.” To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County...[More]
Centerville man finds 150-year-old site of former wind-powered grist mill - May. 2, 2018
In 1874 my great grandfather, Asel Wright, bought 240 acres of unimproved land from W.B. Scott, the founder of the town of Oakwood.Great Granddad moved from Sycamore, Ill., to Linn County in 1875. At that time the town of Blue Mound was located 1 1/2 miles west and 1 1/2 miles south of its present location....[More]
BRIDING THE GAP: A look at local recovery options - May. 2, 2018
Celebrate Recovery is an addiction recovery program that operates through the La Cygne Christian Church.It began in August 2015 and is organized and operated by Steve and Carolyn Haupt, along with two other couples – all members of the church – and meets from 7-9 p.m. every Tuesday at the...[More]
