Dawson leads Lady Hawks in 2-A State cross country - Oct. 31, 2018
The Jayhawk girls cross country team traveled to Wamego on Oct. 27 to compete in the 2-A State cross country meet at the Wamego Country Club. The Hawks were one of 12 teams there, and they placed 11th out of 12 teams. Ellinwood won the meet as a team. Kate Dawson earned a medal and a...[More]
Buffalos advance to 3-A Regional round, defeat Caney Valley 27-7 - Oct. 31, 2018
The Prairie View football team hosted a 3-A first round playoff game on Oct. 26. The Buffalos were the one seed from their district while their opponent Caney Valley was the four seed from their district. The winner of the game will advance to the 3-A Regional round on Nov. 2. The Buffalos entered...[More]
Blu-Jays ‘rain’ supreme in bi-district tussle - Oct. 31, 2018
A front-line advantage on both sides of the football proved to be a main difference in Pleasanton’s 28-22 Class 1-A bi-district play-in bracket game over Marion last Thursday. To an extent, so did the rain. “This was the best our offensive line has played all season,”...[More]
Excessive early October rains complicate soybean harvest - Oct. 31, 2018
Despite summer drought, corn yields surprise county experts Early October rains have complicated this year’s Linn County soybean harvest. Expected lower corn yields because of a summer-long drought, however, never really materialized. That, in a nutshell, is the enigma of the...[More]
Bully Pulpit - More than a big picture - Oct. 31, 2018
I, with the majority of the nation with some kind of communication device, watched with heavy sadness in my heart the aftermath of the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Penn. Nearing election time, our nation could almost have counted on some type of shooting incident –...[More]
Bank robber suspect caught in Prescott - Oct. 31, 2018
The report of a bank robbery at the Citizens Bank of Amsterdam, Hume, Mo., sent law enforcement scrambling to Prescott to assist the Bates County Sheriff’s Department of Butler, Mo., in apprehending the suspect. The robbery occurred Friday, Oct. 19, when according to Linn County...[More]
Huggins motion to dismiss denied - Oct. 31, 2018
David Allen Huggins, former Linn County school resource officer (SRO) appeared in District Court at Mound City Tuesday, Oct. 30, with his attorney, Scott Toth, on a motion to dismiss, stated by his attorney as a “novel argument.” Huggins is being held on two counts with Case...[More]
Melvin Lee Ransier 04-23-1932 to 10-23-2018 - Oct. 30, 2018
Linn County News Published Oct. 31, 2018 Melvin Lee Ransier, age 86 of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Melvin was born Saturday, April 23, 1932, in Pleasanton, the son of Otis and Sarah Jane (Hartman) Ransier. Melvin served in the United States Army for five years, where...[More]
Marilyn L. Wilcox 08-10-1935 to 10-29-2018 - Oct. 30, 2018
Linn County News Published Oct. 31, 2018 Marilyn L. Wilcox, age 83 of Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, at the Fort Scott Medicalodges. She was born Aug. 10, 1935, to Estil and Ruby Fyrn “Hunter” Harris in Leeton, Mo. Marilyn graduated...[More]
John Patrick Tillisch 03-17-1940 to 10-21-2018 - Oct. 30, 2018
Linn County News Published Oct. 31, 2018 John Patrick Tillisch, age 78, Prescott, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, at his home. He was born on March 17, 1940, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of Robert and Elizabeth (Roop) Tillisch. He worked for TWA, but was truly a farmer at heart....[More]
