Buddie Hershel Staton 01-09-1931 to 09-06-2019 - Sep. 9, 2019
Buddie Hershel Staton 01-09-1931 to 09-06-2019 Linn County News Published Sept. 11, 2019 Buddie Hershel Staton, age 88, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, at his home. He was born Jan. 9, 1931, outside Pleasanton, the youngest of six children born to...[More]
James Walter Meech 04-18-1957 to 09-02-2019 Linn County News Published Sept. 11, 2019 - Sep. 6, 2019
James Walter Meech, age 62, passed away Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, with his wife, kids and close friends near, on his farm home near Fort Scott, Kan., after a battle with Gliosarcoma brain cancer. Jim was born April 18, 1957, in Fort Scott, the son of Dennis Walter and Estella E. (Gier) Meech. He...[More]
Eudora jamboree preps Buffalos for football opener - Sep. 4, 2019
Prairie View’s football squad took advantage of a newly-permitted preseason jamboree format to face off against Wellsville and Eudora peers Friday. More so than in traditional past intra-squad public scrimmages, going nose-to-nose with fellow varsities has given Kyle Littrell,...[More]
Presbyterian CRE at Pleasanton marks one year in community - Sep. 4, 2019
Linda Dudley has been a Commissioned Ruling Elder or CRE in the First Presbyterian Church at Pleasanton for just over a year now. However, she began her journey 20 years ago at the age of 50 when she became a lay pastor for the church. “Several years ago the Presbyterian...[More]
New pastor welcomed to Pleasanton, Prescott Methodist churches - Sep. 4, 2019
Jee Sook Gil came to the United States from South Korea in 2012 and obtained her master’s in public health from Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. “I have a passion to help people, especially children, so I prayed to God to please help me help those in need,”...[More]
Mound City and Blue Mound UMCs welcome new pastor - Sep. 4, 2019
Israel Kamudzandu was born in Zimbabwe and moved to the United States with his wife and daughter in 2000. He attended college in Dayton, Ohio, and received a master’s in languages. He then went to Fort Worth, Texas, where he studied for and received his Ph.D. in...[More]
Bully Pulpit - Irreplaceable - Sep. 4, 2019
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, or “For dust you are, And dust you shall return” as the Bible says, or none of us is irreplaceable. The first time a person thinks he or she is the only one who can do a job, along comes another who jumps right in – a lot of times for less...[More]
Defendant fails to appear, warrant issued - Sep. 4, 2019
Colt Thompson was scheduled to appear in Linn County District Court in Mound City for a preliminary hearing in Case 2019-CR-034 on Aug. 21 on multiple charges, including possession of opiate, opium, narcotic; possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia; driving while cancelled,...[More]
USD 362 receives KESA accreditation - Sep. 4, 2019
Prairie View system was among exclusive pilot districts Unified School District 362 has received “accredited” status from the Kansas State Board of Education under a recently-adopted accreditation process. The Prairie View district was one of eight Kansas...[More]
Sutherland sentenced to prison, fined - Sep. 4, 2019
Former Linn County Attorney John Sutherland faced United States District Judge Daniel Crabtree Thursday, Aug. 29, at the federal courthouse in Wyandotte County to hear the sentence that the judge deemed appropriate after Sutherland pled guilty on charges of mail fraud and making...[More]
