La Cygne to consider beer garden-related ordinance - Apr. 25, 2018
Passage necessary next week to meet deadline for June 2 Swanfest La Cygne’s City Council will consider an ordinance to allow temporary permits for the sale of cereal malt beverages at special events on designated city property when they convene for their regular meeting at 7 p.m. next Wednesday,...[More]
Huggins status conference continued to June 12 - Apr. 25, 2018
Two cases for former county School Resource Officer David Allen Huggins were heard in a status conference Monday, April 16, and continued to 3:30 p.m. June 12. Huggins was originally charged in Case No. 18CR01 with Count 1: Occurring on or between the first of August 2017 and the 15th day of September...[More]
Standoff in La Cygne ends peaceably - Apr. 25, 2018
Law enforcement officials from both the La Cygne Police Department (LCPD) and the Linn County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) responded to a disturbance situation in La Cygne on Tuesday, April 17, at 529 N. Sixth St.The first officer on-scene, according to La Cygne Police Chief Tate West, was a deputy...[More]
Inez Deverl {Dee} Simpson Cowan - Apr. 24, 2018
Known as Dee, she was born in Ridgeway, Mo., April 28, 1938, to Dorothy and Jasper Simpson. They moved to California then back to Kansas City, Kan., in 1942 when her father took a position with North American Aviation. Her father retired from the Kansas City Kansas Board of Education in 1979 as...[More]
Update: Measles Outbreak in Johnson, Linn and Miami Counties - Apr. 19, 2018
New locations and dates of potential measles exposure in Johnson and Linn Co. added TOPEKA – The measles outbreak in eastern Kansas is continuing to be investigated. Since March 8, 2018, 18 cases have been identified – 14 Johnson County residents, 3 Linn County residents...[More]
Patrol increases vigilance for alcohol and drug-impaired driver’s crashes - Apr. 18, 2018
Beginning April 20th thru April 22nd, Linn County Sheriff's Department will join other law enforcement agencies in Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma to stop what has been an increasing epidemic for the past several years – an increase in drug and alcohol impaired driver...[More]
Pleasanton track hosts home invitational - Apr. 18, 2018
The Pleasanton track team hosted their home track invitational on April 10.Both the boys’ and girls’ teams did well at the meet and each placed fourth.“It was a good start to the season for both the boys’ and girls’ teams to take fourth in the eight-team meet. The boys scored...[More]
Jayhawk boys place 1st and girls place 3rd at Pleasanton Invitational - Apr. 18, 2018
The Jayhawk track team traveled to Pleasanton on April 10 to compete in the Pleasanton Invitational.Both the boys’ and girls’ teams did well as the boys won the meet with a score of 120 points, and the girls placed third with a score of 86 points. Scores for the rest of the teams in the meet...[More]
Prairie View track places 1st, 2nd at Pleasanton Invitational - Apr. 18, 2018
The Prairie View track team traveled to Pleasanton on April 10 to compete in the Pleasanton Invitational.Both the boys’ and girls’ teams did well as the girls placed first with 149 team points and the boys placed second with 111 points. A complete list of all the teams and their placings...[More]
Drug bust nets arrest, various drugs - Apr. 18, 2018
Linn Valley Reserve Officer Dustin Stuteville was involved in a U.S. Highway 69 stop at 10 p.m. Friday, April 13, that netted a drug bust when he pulled a vehicle over for an equipment violation.According to Police Chief Corey Murrison, Stuteville smelled a strong odor of marijuana when he visited with...[More]
