Jayhawk volleyball hosts TRL tournament - Aug. 29, 2018
The Jayhawk volleyball team began their 2018 season on Aug. 25 by hosting this year’s Three Rivers League volleyball tournament. All 12 league teams were in attendance, and the teams played it out to determine who was best very early in the season. Pool A was Chetopa, Oswego, Pleasanton, Northeast,...[More]
La Cygne receives $650,000 Geometric Improvement grant - Aug. 29, 2018
Twenty-seven projects that will improve intersections and roads in Kansas cities have been selected for funding through the Kansas Department of Transportation’s City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CCLIP), which funds improvements to state highways that extend through cities. The...[More]
Pulpit - Ramblings - Aug. 29, 2018
Ramblings Today is one of those days where thoughts are not pointed, rather jumbled; therefore, a few thoughts on various topics. I was reading FoxNews – shock, shock – and ran into a story of another “darling” of the Socialist Party, a girl from New York running for Congress. Fox...[More]
Alternate suppliers for senior center meals sought - Aug. 29, 2018
Following several Linn County senior meal locations closing around the county, East Central Kansas Area on Aging manager Elizabeth Maxwell said they are non-renewing their meals contract with Mid-America Nutrition (MAN) and looking for alternate means to supply meals to seniors. She said their...[More]
Commissioners approve wording for Linn County Law Enforcement Center sales tax issue - Aug. 29, 2018
After approving financing issues with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), location at the Linn County Courthouse Annex in Mound City and more last week, the County Commissioners approved language that will go on the Nov. 6 general election ballot. The commissioners approved the $20,390,150...[More]
Sen. Moran to walk Mound City Main Street on Kansas Listening Tour Friday - Aug. 29, 2018
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) has announced that he will visit Mound City as part of his Kansas Listening Tour on Friday, Aug. 31. The issues Moran focuses on and the work he does in Washington, D.C., are largely based on the conversations he has with Kansans. Throughout his time in Congress,...[More]
Aaron Dean Eastwood 04-16-1961 to 08-21-2018 - Aug. 28, 2018
Linn County News Published Aug. 29, 2018 Aaron Dean Eastwood, age 57, Pleasanton, Kan., died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. He was born on Sunday, April 16, 1961, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Harold and Judy Nyhart Eastwood. He married Kim Clark on Dec....[More]
Fern E. Nichols 02-26-1927 to 08-26-2018 - Aug. 28, 2018
Linn County News Published Aug. 29, 2018 Fern E. Nichols, age 91, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, at Medicalodges of Butler, Mo. She was born in Oklahoma, the daughter of Niles and Frona Cutshall. She was married to Alfred “A.W.” Nichols on Aug. 5,...[More]
Leland Wood 10-14-1947 to 08-23-2018 - Aug. 28, 2018
Linn County News Published Aug. 29, 2018 Leland Duane Wood, 70, of Fort Scott, was welcomed into Heaven’s open arms on Aug. 23, 2018. Bless his tired heart; he is now shooting baskets with the best cheering section you could find in Heaven. Leland was born Oct. 14, 1947, in Fort...[More]
John Roger McWilliam 12-02-1952 to 08-23-2018 - Aug. 28, 2018
Linn County News Published Aug. 29, 2018 John Roger McWilliam, age 65, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, at Olathe Medical Center. He was the son of the late John Edwin and Imogene McWilliam, born on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1952 at Liberal, Kan. He graduated from Pleasanton...[More]
