Leslie Ann Nation 06-21-1997 to 06-13-2018 - Jun. 20, 2018
Linn County News Published June 20, 2018 Leslie Ann Nation, age 20, Mound City, Kan., died Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She was born in Overland Park, Kan., on June 21, 1997, the daughter of David and Tracie (West) Nation. While attending Jayhawk-Linn...[More]
Bully Pulpit: Another Hollywood icon bites the dust - Jun. 13, 2018
Oh, boy. Hollywood can be equated to watching a solar system die – star after star becoming black holes where once there stood a person who could quote lines with feeling, or someone who could hold a note in a song. Well, apparently those God-given talents make those people think they can be rude...[More]
Districts combine efforts to send joint trapshooting team members to Nationals - Jun. 13, 2018
Jesse Secrest, coach for the Pleasanton High School/Jayhawk-Linn High School joint trapshooting team, appeared before the Pleasanton USD 344 Board of Education on Monday evening, June 11, to request assistance with sending team members to Nationals in Mason, Mich. Secrest explained to the board members...[More]
2018 All County baseball team - Jun. 13, 2018
The 2018 high school baseball season is over, and all the local teams and players worked hard this year.Prairie View finished with a 5-16 record, winning their games at the end of the season. They lost in the 4A Division II Regional to the eventual State Tournament champions, Iola.Jayhawk had a good...[More]
Linn County’s top 10 track athletes - Jun. 13, 2018
The 2018 high school track season has concluded, and it was a great year for our local track athletes as 23 of them from Pleasanton, Jayhawk-Linn and Prairie View made the State Track Meet with four of them medaling and three receiving multiple medals. This top 10 list of Linn County’s track athletes...[More]
Prescott City Council asks ‘what do we do?’ - Jun. 13, 2018
After a few quick housekeeping items and reports from the Reach Out Food Pantry and Prescott City Library, Mayor Kevin Wood addressed the audience of concerned citizens and Prescott Country View Nursing Home (PCVNH) Board of Directors. He asked two questions: “What do we do, and what do we need?”Wood...[More]
New summer grief support group meeting in La Cygne - Jun. 13, 2018
“Grief Comfort saved my life.” – Doug Staats“Not your typical support group.” – Bryan Brown“I didn’t think I needed a support group; now I lead one.” – Holly Scott“Doctors heal bodies; GCI (Grief Comfort Inc.) heals broken hearts and lives.”...[More]
Vacation Bible School dates - Jun. 13, 2018
The Mound City Community Vacation Bible School is in full swing this week, and the kids are having a blast.Other churches and communities across the county are making ready for their own Vacation Bible School (VBS), and below is a small portion of what’s to come:The First Christian Church in Pleasanton...[More]
Judge reinstates Hinde veterinary license - Jun. 13, 2018
A June 5 district court ruling has reinstated a county veterinarian’s license.In staying Randall W. Hinde’s emergency license suspension issued March 31 by the Kansas Board of Veterinary Examiners (KBVE), Judge Steven C. Montgomery, Kansas 6th Judicial District, said that the state agency...[More]
15th and Final: The last ride for the Robert Morgan Scholarship Run - Jun. 13, 2018
The 15th annual Robert F. Morgan Memorial Scholarship Bike Run was held on Saturday, June 9, with participating riders gathered at Carpenters Ol’ Iron motorcycle museum in Pleasanton to register and have a bite to eat before taking off on what would be the final time for what has been a yearly...[More]
