Florence Esther Stanbrough ~ 08-21-1930 to 02-10-2024 - Feb. 13, 2024
Linn County News Published February 14, 2024 Esther Stanbrough, age 93, formerly of Mound City, Kan., passed away Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, at the Horton House, Fort Scott. She was born Aug. 21, 1930, in Prescott, Kan., the daughter of Chesley and Esther Mathews. She taught in a one-room schoolhouse...[More]
Marylou Lorene Bell ~ 12-20-1949 to 02-06-2024 - Feb. 8, 2024
Linn County News Published Feb. 14, 2024 Marylou Lorene Bell, age 74, Prescott, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. She was born on Dec. 20, 1949, in Coffeyville, Kan., the daughter of Clyde and Lula Bell Ellison Ball. She was united in marriage to Robert Bell on Aug. 10,...[More]
Heir to appear before La Cygne council - Feb. 7, 2024
Grizzle on agenda to address trailer in alley An heir to property at 528 N. 6th St. is on the agenda to address La Cygne city leaders at the regular 7 p.m. council meeting this Wednesday, Feb. 7. Gale Grizzle will be appearing to speak about removing a single-width trailer from a city alley...[More]
Pleasanton Council to host goal setting workshop, community solar discussion - Feb. 7, 2024
During Pleasanton Council discussion Monday night, Councilwoman Angie Randall proposed the necessity for the council to hold a goal-setting workshop to outline two year, five year and beyond goals for the city. In addition, she asked that the city hold a community workshop to gather resident’s...[More]
Parker misses out on park playset - Feb. 7, 2024
It was worth a try. But Parker’s opportunity to get new Heritage Park playground equipment fell by the wayside because of online auction overbidding. On a 3-0 vote at a hastily-called Jan. 23 special meeting, the city’s legislative council had approved expenditures of up to $6,500 to seek...[More]
Motion to be heard on consolidating multiple Tanglewood cases - Feb. 7, 2024
On Jan. 5, 2024 attorney John Ivan defense counsel for 14 of the 17 defendants, including Eva Riojas, Carla Riojas, Allyn Mackey, and more, in the Tanglewood gate incident from May 17, 2023, in which the gates at Tanglewood Lake were dismantled and removed, filed a motion in all 14 cases which will be...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Feb. 7, 2024
We are not immune We, Midwesterners, Kansas City metropolis and more rural residents, are pretty lucky in where we live. Sure, we face issues such as the green energy controversy buffeting our county, but we don’t face what people in New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago face on a daily basis. My...[More]
Prairie View basketball travels to Wellsville and hosts Santa Fe Trail for Courtwarming - Feb. 7, 2024
The Prairie View girls’ and boys’ basketball teams faced Pioneer League foes Wellsville and Santa Fe Trail this past week. The teams traveled to Wellsville on Jan. 30 to face the Eagles. It was a good trip for the girls’ team as they won 42-21. The boys’ team did not do as well...[More]
Wins vault Blu-Jays into second place - Feb. 7, 2024
Three basketball wins last week, one a Friday forfeit by Chetopa, vaulted Pleasanton’s boys into second place in the 12-member Three Rivers League as play began this week. On the home hardwood, the Blu-Jays claimed a 53-51 overtime thriller over Colony-Crest Jan. 30 and followed with last Thursday’s...[More]
Jayhawk basketball has busy week against TRL competition - Feb. 7, 2024
The Jayhawk Linn girls’ and boys’ basketball teams played three Three Rivers League teams this past week in the Pleasanton Blu-Jays, St. Paul Indians, and Uniontown Eagles. They traveled to Pleasanton on Feb. 1 and then hosted St. Paul on Feb. 2. The Hawks then had a make-up game against...[More]
