Lady Jays are runners-up at home midseason tournament - Jan. 24, 2018
The Pleasanton girls basketball team hosted their midseason basketball tournament from Jan. 17-20.There were eight teams in the tournament, and the Lady Jays entered as the two seed with their first game against the seven-seed Oswego on Jan. 17.The Lady Jays did not have much trouble with the Indians...[More]
A trip of a lifetime - Jan. 24, 2018
On the day after Christmas, 2017, Chloe Myrick left Linn County on the trip of a lifetime that began with her cheer squad attending a KSHAAA sponsored camp over the summer break prior to the 2017-18 academic year.While the squad itself received some very high ratings at the camp, one team member, Myrick,...[More]
PVMS to present ‘Anne of Green Gables’ - Jan. 24, 2018
The Prairie View Middle School (PVMS) will present their play, “Anne of Green Gables,” at 7 p.m. Feb. 1 in the Prairie View Performing Arts Center.The play is an adaptation of the novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery and is a two-act presentation in which the audience can share in the adventures...[More]
McNabb preliminary continued Judge approves request to pursue DNA testing - Jan. 24, 2018
David Patrick McNabb appeared in court with his attorney, Edward Battitori, on Wednesday, Jan. 10, on a motion hearing.With District Judge Mark Ward presiding, the defense presented its motion for continuance asking for more time to examine the evidence. After ascertaining that McNabb understood it would...[More]
Huggins’ bond rescinded In custody of Linn County - Jan. 24, 2018
Following the release of former Linn County deputy and School Resource Officer David Allen Huggins on a $250,000 bond for two charges, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) verified that “Huggins’ bondsman rescinded his bond and returned him to the custody of the Linn County Sheriff due...[More]
Ronald Lee Honn 07-08-1943 to 01-22-2018 - Jan. 23, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Jan. 24, 2018Ronald Lee Honn, age 74, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, at the Miami County Medical Center Emergency Room. He was born on July 8, 1943, at Hutchinson, Kan., the son of Marion and Alta Dicksen Honn. He graduated from Greeley High School....[More]
Mary Jane Mitts 09-30-1930 to 01-21-2018 - Jan. 23, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Jan. 24, 2018Mary Jane Mitts, age 87, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. She was born at Foster, Mo., on Sept. 30, 1930, the daughter of John and Mary Frances Galvin Vaughn. She was married to Willard Mitts on July 14, 1963. He preceded her in death on Feb....[More]
Neva Kathleen Baker 07-09-1917 to 01-19-2018 - Jan. 23, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Jan. 24, 2018Neva Kathleen Baker, age 100, of Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Service details will be announced at a later date. Online condolences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com. ...[More]
Hazel Louise Robbins 09-02-1945 to 01-16-2018 - Jan. 23, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Jan. 24, 2018Hazel Louise Robbins, age 72, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, at her home in La Cygne. She was born on Sept. 2, 1945, the daughter of Earl Edward and Nellie Mae Bishop Fleming. She graduated from La Cygne Rural High School in the Class of...[More]
Eulela May Matthews 03-10-1930 to 01-19-2018 - Jan. 23, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Jan. 24, 2018Eulela May Matthews, age 87 of Amoret, Mo., was born March 10, 1930, to George and Ethel Bowen Bohlken in Amoret. She died Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, at her home in Amoret.Eulela, one of three children, was a lifelong resident of Amoret, graduating from Amoret High...[More]
