Doug Davey - Jan. 17, 2017
Doug Davey, age 74, of Mound City, Kan., passed away at his home Jan. 17, 2017. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at the Mound City Christian Church. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Burial...[More]
Frances Illene Kettler 03-24-1931 to 01-16-2017 - Jan. 17, 2017
Frances Illene Kettler, age 85, of Paola, Kan., passed away on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, at the Olathe Medical Center. She was born on March 24, 1931, at Jingo, Kan., the daughter of Harold LeRoy and Ruby Frances Driskell Mendenhall. She graduated from La Cygne High School in the Class of 1949.Illene married...[More]
Rose Ann Gillette 11-08-1953 to 12-28-2016 - Jan. 17, 2017
Rose Ann Gillette, 63, of Pleasanton, Kan., died Wed., Dec. 28, 2016, at her home in Pleasanton. Rose was born Nov. 8, 1953, in Kansas City, Kan., to William Arthur and Dorothy Rose (McGhann) Gillette.She graduated from Olathe High School. For a few years she worked as a certified nursing assistant in...[More]
Sidney Dale Alexander Jr. 09-19-1937 to 01-12-2017 - Jan. 17, 2017
Sidney Dale Alexander Jr., 79, of Stockton, Mo., formerly of Mound City, Kan., died on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, at his home following a long battle with failing health. Sid was born Sept. 19, 1937, in Kansas City, Mo., to Sidney Dale and Sarah (Rice) Alexander.Sid was an iron worker early in his life...[More]
Robert Hopkins “Bob” Young 11-16-1925 to 01-09-2017 - Jan. 17, 2017
Robert Hopkins “Bob” Young, age 91 of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. He was born on Nov. 16, 1925, in Wichita, Kan., the son of Arthur Ransom and Edna Hopkins Young. When he turned 17, he left high school and joined the United States Navy serving his country in World...[More]
Prairie View wrestling has four champions at Louisburg - Jan. 11, 2017
The Prairie View wrestling team traveled to Louisburg on Jan. 7 for the Louisburg Wildcat Invitational.The Buffalos were not originally scheduled to compete there, but since they missed the Dec. 17 tournament at Ottawa due to weather, they went to this tournament to make up for it. To see the full article,...[More]
Bully Pulpit: When will Hollywood learn? - Jan. 11, 2017
The Democrats and Hollywood are still reeling from the big loss they took in November. Heads are spinning and throw-up buckets are still being ordered en masse – delivered to big-name Hollywood people and Democrats that can’t believe the Senate is Republican, as is the House.Hmmm, but learn...[More]
Jayhawk girls split in narrow games against Uniontown, Oswego - Jan. 11, 2017
The Jayhawk girls’ basketball team went 1-1 this past week with home games against Uniontown and Oswego. The Hawks defeated Uniontown on Jan. 3, 33-28, but fell to Oswego on Jan. 6, 48-47, in overtime.In the game against Uniontown neither team could get their offense going in the first half. The...[More]
BluJays first win - Jan. 11, 2017
Ronnie Duncan flies high in the Blu-Jays’ first win of the season against Chetopa. SUBMITTED BY JAMES BELTZ ...[More]
Blu-Jays nab first win, 59-49, at Chetopa - Jan. 11, 2017
Something had to give when Pleasanton walked onto Chetopa’s parquet floor Jan. 3.Both teams were entering 2017 play winless, the Blu-Jays in five games and the Hornets in four, with both 0-1 in Three Rivers League play.It was Pleasanton who got “off the schneid” with a 59-49 league...[More]
