Jayhawk golf wins home tournament; Pleasanton, Prairie View also compete - May. 2, 2018
The Jayhawk golf team hosted their home golf invitational on April 26 at Sugar Valley golf course.The Hawks continue to have a great season and won their home tournament with a score of 356. The Hawks were followed by Southern Lyon County, 372, Burlington, 392, West Franklin, 403, Chetopa, 438, Uniontown,...[More]
Pleasanton baseball, softball continue to grow as season progresses - May. 2, 2018
The Pleasanton baseball and softball teams continued to grow as a team and as a program this past week as they faced league foes Crest and Chetopa.Both the baseball and softball teams traveled to Crest on April 23 to face the Lancers. The boys split against Crest, winning the first game 10-5 and losing...[More]
Bully Pulpit: Due process - May. 2, 2018
It’s time for the pitch forks, buckets of tar and half-truths to be put away and a more civil approach be taken where prosecution of the law is concerned. I’ve never seen more outlandish posts on Facebook in my life, nor heard more defamatory statements concerning an official elected by more...[More]
Prairie View hosts home track meet - May. 2, 2018
The Prairie View track team hosted their home invitational on April 26.The Buffalos did well at their home meet as the girls placed second with a score of 68 while the boys were fourth with a score of 56. Louisburg won the meet for both the boys, 103.33, and the girls, 105. Appleton City followed the...[More]
Neosho Valley Spring Art Exhibit 2018 winners - May. 2, 2018
Joe Summers, Centerville, won first place in the sculpture category in the 39th annual Neosho Valley Spring Art Exhibit at the Chanute Art Gallery, Chanute, with a ceramic sculpture entitled “Of the Bird Man Tribe.” To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County...[More]
Centerville man finds 150-year-old site of former wind-powered grist mill - May. 2, 2018
In 1874 my great grandfather, Asel Wright, bought 240 acres of unimproved land from W.B. Scott, the founder of the town of Oakwood.Great Granddad moved from Sycamore, Ill., to Linn County in 1875. At that time the town of Blue Mound was located 1 1/2 miles west and 1 1/2 miles south of its present location....[More]
BRIDING THE GAP: A look at local recovery options - May. 2, 2018
Celebrate Recovery is an addiction recovery program that operates through the La Cygne Christian Church.It began in August 2015 and is organized and operated by Steve and Carolyn Haupt, along with two other couples – all members of the church – and meets from 7-9 p.m. every Tuesday at the...[More]
County looks to possibly hire for Codes Enforcement position - May. 2, 2018
After discussing the position and trying to use other employees working for the county in the new Codes Enforcement position, Public Works Field Supervisor Jackie Messer broached the subject of hiring someone, either at 32 hours per week or full time, at the County Commission meeting on Monday. Messer...[More]
KCP&L named in lawsuit Claim of emissions from La Cygne station caused incurable illness - May. 2, 2018
A lawsuit filed on Monday of last week, April 23, names KCP&L, particularly the La Cygne Generating Station, as the cause of the plaintiff’s incurable illness.The lawsuit describes how the plaintiff Lona LeAnn Grosshart grew up on a farm in rural Pleasanton, about four miles downstream from...[More]
Subject of standoff released without charges - May. 2, 2018
Following a standoff in La Cygne that ended peacefully on Tuesday, April 17, the suspect, Eric Neal Thomas, was released from the Linn County Jail after being held for seven days without charges being filed.La Cygne Police Chief Tate West said that he was compiling required reports from law enforcement...[More]
