Prairie View board hears ‘20 Time’ efforts - Apr. 18, 2018
Students and faculty facilitators involved in a new Prairie View High learning experience explained their unit to Unified School District 362 members at the regular monthly meeting April 9.Though not claiming the unit as an original idea, Pam Dunlop told the board that her English 9 honors class of 15...[More]
Bully Pulpit: Crime reports - Apr. 18, 2018
Sounds simple, but apparently there is a lot more involved than the average person has an idea about. Last week I pulled numbers from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) crime statistics site, http://www.kansas.gov/kbi/stats/stats_crime.shtml, and ran them with a coninciding story on drug arrests...[More]
McNabb pleads no contest to 2 counts of 1st-degree premeditated murder - Apr. 18, 2018
David Patrick McNabb appeared in Linn County District Court Wednesday, April 11, for a preliminary examination and hearing on his request for immunity. With that, District Judge Mark Ward said that the defendant was entering a plea, and the preliminary hearing was actually a plea agreement.Assistant...[More]
KBI crime report prompts questions on results, statute for local agencies - Apr. 18, 2018
Following last week’s story concerning Linn Valley’s success in stopping drug offenders and corresponding charts pulled from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) statistics on adult drug offenses site, questions and comments surfaced concerning why low numbers of offenses showed the way...[More]
Going to the dogs: Rescue organization focuses on bigger picture - Apr. 17, 2018
Regina McClellan of Parker grew up in New York but eventually landed in Georgia, and it was there that she found her heart’s passion.While living in Georgia, Regina became involved in trying to help stop dog fighting, a practice in which dogs are literally placed in a pen and allowed to fight until...[More]
Danny Thies 05-22-1956 to 04-10-2018 - Apr. 17, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished April 18, 2018Danny Thies, age 61, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at his home. A prayer service was held Friday evening, April 13, 2018. Burial was held privately in the Queen of the Holy Rosary Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the American...[More]
Vina Lea Carr 06-25-1947 to 04-10-2018 - Apr. 17, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished April 18, 2018Vina Lea Carr, age 70, of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at St. Luke’s on the Plaza. She was born June 25, 1947, at Fredonia, Kan., the daughter of Tom and Ada Cather Payne. She graduated from Fredonia High School.Vina married Jimmy...[More]
Neva Kathleen Baker 07-09-1917 to 01-19-2018 - Apr. 17, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished April 18, 2018Neva Kathleen Baker, age 100, went to meet her Lord on Jan. 19, 2018, at Wheat State Manor, Whitewater, Kan. Kathleen was born on July 9, 1917, in Parker, Kan., to Charles Edgar Ross and Agnes Lynette (McCollam) Ross of Blue Mound, Kan. For her first six years,...[More]
Oklahoma wildfire prompts need for hay Contact number provided for those who can offer assistance - Apr. 17, 2018
An over 190-day period without moisture has produced severe conditions that are allowing a wildfire to reportedly grow, burning over 400,000 acres in northwest Oklahoma. The fire and lack of rain are again prompting the need for hay for livestock in that region. Joab Ory, La Cygne, is again working...[More]
Pleasanton baseball goes 1-1 in the school’s first baseball double header - Apr. 11, 2018
Pleasanton baseball’s home games against Marmaton Valley on April 5 were not only the season opener for the team but also the program opener as these were the first baseball games for the school in their history.History started well for the Jays as they won their first game 8-4. The second game...[More]
