Helen Marie Murrow 01-21-1924 to 02-24-2018 - Feb. 27, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Feb. 28, 2018Helen Marie (Dunnington) Murrow, age 94, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at the Fort Scott Manor. She was born on Jan. 21, 1924, east of Prescott, Kan., the daughter of Fredrick Otto and Ethel Cordell Shaler Dunnington.She married Vernon...[More]
Alice Mae Adams 08-09-1923 to 02-20-2018 - Feb. 27, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Feb. 28, 2018Alice Mae Adams, age 94, La Cygne, Kan., passed Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. She was born on Aug. 9, 1923, at Taylor Springs, Ill., the daughter of Earl and Lena Hays Pulver. She graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School. She married Drue Wilkes who preceded her...[More]
Dian Gail McIntosh 04-22-1943 to 02-22-2018 - Feb. 27, 2018
Linn County NewsPublished Feb. 28, 2018Dian Gail McIntosh, age 74, Prescott, Kan., passed away Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. She was born April 22, 1943, in Wisconsin, the daughter of Oris and Mildred Schafer Griffith.Dian earned a Master’s Degree in Computer Programming. She is survived by a daughter,...[More]
USD 362 approves activity bus order - Feb. 21, 2018
Unified School District 362 will place an order for an activity bus that will include a Prairie View Buffalo paint scheme. That purchase highlighted transportation and summer maintenance bid requests approved Feb. 12 at the monthly board of education meeting. At a price of $140,044, the 2018...[More]
Marshall earns 1,000th point in Lady Jays’ win against Jayhawk - Feb. 21, 2018
The Jayhawk girls’ basketball team hosted Pleasanton on Feb. 13 in a Three Rivers League matchup. The Lady Hawks defeated Pleasanton in the Linn County Tournament, and the Lady Jays were looking for some payback on their in-county rival. Also, the Lady Jays’ senior center Zoe Marshall was...[More]
Lady Buffs hold off Anderson County for first Pioneer win - Feb. 21, 2018
After once leading by 13 late in the third quarter, Prairie View’s girls held off a frantic final-period Anderson County rally to win their first Pioneer League game, 41-37, Friday at Garnett. The Buffalo boys fared not as well, losing their 15th straight, 66-38, to a Bulldog team challenging...[More]
Jayhawk basketball teams earn victories on Courtwarming - Feb. 21, 2018
The Jayhawk basketball teams hosted Altoona-Midway on Feb. 16 for Courtwarming. The Hawks won both games comfortably over the Jets with the girls winning 39-2 and the boys winning 60-25. The Hawks also played on the day before, Feb. 15, at Crest. Here the boys and girls won both their games with the...[More]
Burnett to retire, reception planned - Feb. 21, 2018
Diane Burnett began her 27-year career with the K-State Research and Extension office in Linn County in 1990 as the Home Economics and 4-H agent. As Burnett grew with the times to encompass all the extension agency offered to 4-H families and area residents, so did her responsibilities in the agency...[More]
Bully Pulpit: Much more killed kids than a gun in Florida - Feb. 21, 2018
The largest school shooting in history comes down to several linked systems that failed – systems that allowed a killer to pull the trigger and kill 17 people in Parkland, Fla. What has become the norm in verbiage, immediately the liberal news media and Democrat politicians jumped on the gun control...[More]
Pleasanton seatbelt campaign to focus on teens - Feb. 21, 2018
The Pleasanton Police Department will be participating in a two-week seatbelt enforcement campaign from Feb. 26 through March 9, which will focus on teen drivers and their occupants. “The program will focus on school zones and drivers and their passengers that are 17 and under,” said...[More]
