Parker teams do well in 10U softball tournament in Paola - Jul. 4, 2018
Paola hosted this year’s 10U softball tournament on June 29 and June 30. There were 12 teams in the tournament, and four of those teams were from Linn County. Mound City and La Cygne did not place in the tournament but did win a few games. Parker had two teams, and both did very well in...[More]
La Cygne city leaders hear bid specs to be advertised - Jul. 4, 2018
Treatment plant renovations will complete water project In preparation for this month’s planned advertising for bids to renovate their water treatment plant, La Cygne’s City Council heard an engineer’s summary of specifications at a special meeting last Wednesday, June...[More]
Judgment in Thoele, Peckman civil case paid, bond released - Jul. 4, 2018
Following a jury trial held Feb. 9, 2017, in the Linn County District Court, plaintiffs Jeffrey and Sheila Thoele were awarded $324,018.98 from defendant Burl W. Peckman. rn According to court documents filed Feb. 22, 2017, plaintiffs Jeff and Sheila Thoele asked for prejudgment interest....[More]
Bully Pulpit - Work-place violence - Jul. 4, 2018
I’ve called it “going postal” after it seemed a rash of workplace acts of violence occurred at U.S. Post Offices. Now apparently, that term can be “going newspaper” or any number of other “goings” out there. But what it equates to is people getting mad,...[More]
Kennedy descendants celebrate homestead’s 150 years - Jul. 4, 2018
Four descendant generations of John Quincy Kennedy celebrated the sesquicentennial (150-year anniversary) of their pioneer patriarch’s homestead last month. Gayle Callahan, a great-great-granddaughter of Kennedy, said her ancestor claimed a 160-acre homestead northwest of Pleasanton in...[More]
PVHS Law and Leadership class graduates - Jul. 4, 2018
The second graduating class of the Law and Leadership class was held last Saturday, June 30 – nine students from Prairie View High School graduated the month-long class that adds physical fitness, government credits and discipline to the curriculum. “It provides structure,”...[More]
Marie Renfro Gillespie 05-29-1960 to 06-22-2018 - Jul. 3, 2018
Linn County News Published July 4, 2018 It is with great sadness that the family of Marie Renfro announces her passing on June 22, 2018, at the age of 58. Marie will be lovingly remembered by Janice (her mother); Jim, Mark and Dale (brothers); Kristen (daughter); Greg (son); Jeremy (stepson);...[More]
Megan Rochell Simons-Smith 10-19-1990 to 06-27-2018 - Jul. 2, 2018
Linn County News Published July 4, 2018 Megan Rochell Simons-Smith, age 27, Garnett, Kan., formerly of Mound City, Kan., died Wednesday, June 27, 2018, as the result of an accident. Megan was born on Oct. 19, 1990, at Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of David and Virginia Nation Simons. She...[More]
Two Wyandotte deputies laid to rest - Jun. 27, 2018
‘Walking the Point’ epitomizes their service Shots fired, “10-60,” officer down – described by Deputy Max Sybrant, Wyandotte County president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 40, as “when time stopped and everyone stepped up, not knowing who...[More]
Jayhawk-Linn hosts summer volleyball tournament - Jun. 27, 2018
The Jayhawk-Linn High School volleyball team hosted a summer volleyball tournament on June 18 at Jayhawk-Linn High School. “It was the first-ever volleyball tournament that we could utilize our new gym. It was kind of a trial run because the TRL tournament will be in our facility the last weekend...[More]
