Abolitionists in Linn County help to make Kansas a free state - Feb. 7, 2018
On Kansas Day, Jan. 29, I hope everyone spent a little time thinking about the sacrifices made by the early settlers of our state and especially here in Linn County where they endured seven years of Border War with pro-slavery factions in Missouri, many of which had come from southern states to vote...[More]
Frank H. Devocelle announces retirement after 47 years with Olathe Health - Feb. 7, 2018
OLATHE – (Jan. 30, 2018) – Frank H. Devocelle, President/CEO, of Olathe Health System, Inc. announced today he will retire effective December 31, 2018. A search for his replacement will begin immediately led by a selection committee of the Olathe Health Board of Directors. “Frank...[More]
Consumer Corner: Do-Not-Call list registration doesn’t expire - Feb. 7, 2018
Last month, the Federal Trade Commission sent out a warning to consumers that spoofed emails were going out claiming to be from the FTC telling people their Do-Not-Call registration was expiring. These fake emails then directed consumers to a fake website, where they were asked to give their personal...[More]
Bully Pulpit: State of the Union speech - Feb. 7, 2018
I, like 45.6 million others, watched President Trump’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday, Jan. 30. I tuned in a bit before 8 p.m. and watched through about five minutes of the Democrats’ average man, Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III of Massachusetts, give the official Democratic rebuttal,...[More]
Economic Development Director Dennis Arnold retires - Feb. 7, 2018
After 24 years, Linn County Economic Development Director Dennis Arnold decided it was time to retire, leaving as Commissioner Mike Page described it “big shoes to fill.” Page said he took an entrepreneurial class from Arnold 20 years ago that sparked his interest in economic development...[More]
Retired principal pleads no contest to reporting failure - Feb. 7, 2018
A retired Prairie View High principal has pleaded no contest to one count of failure as teachers/administration to report child abuse/neglect. In Linn County District Court last Wednesday, Jan. 31, Judge Terri L. Johnson, 6th Kansas Judicial District, sentenced Timothy Weis, 58, to eight days in the...[More]
Charles D. “Buck†Jones 07-08-1936 to 02-03-2018 - Feb. 6, 2018
Linn County News Published Feb. 7, 2018 Charles D. “Buck” Jones, age 81, retired Case-New Holland welder, passed away Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018. Visitation with family will be 5-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Memorial services are 10 a.m. Saturday. Both are at Meridian Avenue Baptist Church,...[More]
Cleta Fern Stump 09-16-1950 to 01-30-2018 - Feb. 6, 2018
Linn County News Published Feb. 7, 2018 Cleta Fern Stump, age 67, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, at her home. Cleta was born Sept. 16, 1950, at Fort Scott, Kan., to Clyde and Alice (Jackman) DeMott. She attended Mound City High School. On June 16, 1967, she married...[More]
Mildred Katie Bortzfield 10-26-1931 to 02-04-2018 - Feb. 6, 2018
Linn County News Published Feb. 7, 2018 Mildred Katie Bortzfield, age 86, formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, at Pinnacle Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation, Olathe, Kan. She was born on Oct. 26, 1931, in Fulton, Kan., the daughter of Robert and Hazel Wurtz Clendening. She...[More]
Cathy Widner 11-27-1955 to 02-03-2018 - Feb. 6, 2018
Linn County News Published Feb. 7, 2018 Cathy Widner, age 62, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, at her home. She was born on Nov. 27, 1955, at Butler, Mo., the daughter of Elzie Eugene and Joy Madeline Barker Slaughter. She graduated from Prairie View High School. She married...[More]
