Pleasanton discusses residences in commercial spaces - Sep. 12, 2018
During the Sept. 4 council meeting, the Pleasanton City Council discussed a possible ordinance or resolution that would disallow residences within existing commercial spaces on Main Street. Gary Thompson, city attorney, told the council that in his research of the matter, he had found that Fort Scott...[More]
McNabb gets two 50-year sentences for murders - Sep. 12, 2018
Following his arrest in November 2016 for the alleged murders of his grandmother Betty McNabb and uncle Kenneth McNabb of rural Pleasanton, David Patrick McNabb after pleading no contest to the murders, was sentenced to two consecutive 50-year sentences by Judge Mark Ward Wednesday, Sept. 5,...[More]
Leon Staton 08-24-1925 to 09-07-2018 - Sep. 11, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Sept. 12, 2018Leon Staton, age 93, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Friday, September 7, 2018, at Medicalodges in Butler, M0. He was born on Monday, Aug. 24, 1925, near Pleasanton, the son of Novel “Bud” and Maude Bright Staton. He enlisted in the United States Navy...[More]
Daniel Ernest Hall 04-29-1973 to 09-08-2018 - Sep. 11, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Sept. 12, 2018Daniel Ernest Hall, age 45 of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, at Mercy Hospital, following a battle with cancer. Danny was born in Fort Scott on April 29, 1973, to Ernest Hall and Patricia Goltra Hall. He married Amanda Cowen on Nov. 30,...[More]
Robert “Bob†Matthews 03-24-1952 to 09-03-2018 - Sep. 11, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Sept. 12, 2018Robert “Bob” Matthews, age 66, of Harrisonville, Mo., formerly of Amoret, Mo., died Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, at Meadow View Nursing Home in Harrisonville. He was born March 24, 1952, to Clyde Elmore and Eulela May Bohlken Matthews in Kansas City, Mo.Bob...[More]
Thomas R. “Tom†Wilcox 03-09-1932 to 09-08-2018 - Sep. 11, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Sept. 12, 2018Thomas R. “Tom” Wilcox, 86, of Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Saturday, September 8, 2018. He was born Wednesday, March 9, 1932, in Cadmus, Kan., the eldest son of James Russell and Meredith Zelma Perry Wilcox.He graduated...[More]
Jayhawk football opens season by smashing Yates Center - Sep. 5, 2018
The Jayhawk-Linn football team started their 2018 season by traveling to Yates Center for a league game against the Wildcats. The Hawks had no issue with Yates Center and defeated the Wildcats 46-0. The Hawks started the game slowly by only scoring a touchdown and two-point conversion in the...[More]
Final scoring drive boosts Buffs to signature win in opener - Sep. 5, 2018
A “signature win” has been defined as any football victory that has people talking about it well beyond the normal shelf life of seven days. In the mind of Kyle Littrell, second-year Prairie View head coach, his offense’s final scoring drive followed by the defense’s...[More]
Pleasanton football begins their season with a big win over Northeast - Sep. 5, 2018
The Pleasanton football team began their 2018 season with a home game against Northeast-Arma on Aug. 31. This was Pleasanton’s first game at 11-man football in many years, and it went quite well as the Blu-Jays coasted to a 42-14 victory. The game started off well for the Jays as...[More]
New counsel prompts Huggins arraignment set-over - Sep. 5, 2018
A new defense attorney has prompted the rescheduling of a consolidated arraignment for two cases concerning David Allen Huggins, La Cygne. At a scheduled consolidated arraignment Aug. 28 in Linn County District Court, W. Scott Toth, Olathe, said that he had entered his appearance in...[More]
