KCC gas audit proves costly for La Cygne - Nov. 8, 2017
Expenditures to correct two problems cited in a recent Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) natural gas system inspection will cost La Cygne more than $25,000. Such was the unanimous decision of La Cygne’s City Council after hearing during their regular meeting last Wednesday, Nov. 1, of recent...[More]
Water project update includes asphalt cut clarification - Nov. 8, 2017
Asphalt patching of remaining street cuts made during Phase I of La Cygne’s $5.03 million water distribution system improvement project may go unfinished this winter. That was the clarification issued by Brett Waggoner, design engineer and project manager for BG Consultants, Inc., at the...[More]
Bully Pulpit: Church shooting - Nov. 8, 2017
I was fishing in southern Texas when 26 people died at the hands of a mentally ill man – a man who allegedly had an obsession over problems with his mother-in-law. Many people I hear have problems with their mothers-in-law, but they don’t go shoot over 50 people to vent their rage. I watched...[More]
Jays fight hard, fall to Central Christian End season in playoffs - Nov. 7, 2017
Pleasanton traveled four hours last Friday night to complete a 10-year journey. Not since 2008 had the Pleasanton Blu-Jays qualified for the KSHSAA football playoffs. This year’s Jays finished 5-1 in District 1 to finish as the runner-up, earning them a first-round playoff game against the Central...[More]
Jayhawk falls to Osage City in bi-district championship - Nov. 7, 2017
It was Halloween night, and the Jayhawk football team hoped to avoid the scary thought of being eliminated by the same team in the playoffs two years in a row. Last year the Hawks’ bi-district championship game was at Jayhawk and against the Osage City Indians. They narrowly lost that game and...[More]
Colen James Milburn 03-06-1933 to 11-03-2017 - Nov. 7, 2017
Linn County NewsPublished Nov. 8, 2017Colen James Milburn, age 84, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, at his home. He was born March 6, 1933, in Fort Scott, the son of Alfred Milburn and Hazel Taylor Milburn.He married Bonnie Harold on July 22, 1986, at Las Vegas, Nev.Colen...[More]
Nina Lea Hodgson 08-23-1916 to 11-03-2017 - Nov. 7, 2017
Linn County NewsPublished Nov. 8, 2017Nina Lea Hodgson, 101, of Mound City, Kan., died Friday, Nov. 3, 2017.Funeral service was held Nov. 5, 2017, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel, followed with burial in the Kincaid Cemetery.The family suggests contributions to Mound City...[More]
Truman Lee “Papo†Coleman 11-05-1946 to 11-05-2017 - Nov. 7, 2017
Linn County NewsPublished Nov. 8, 2017Truman Lee “Papo” Coleman, age 71, of Mound City, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born on Nov. 5, 1946, at Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Howard and Lavon Clayton Coleman.He married Judy Burkhead...[More]
Anna “Lorene†Akers 04-14-1924 to 11-01-2017 - Nov. 7, 2017
Linn County NewsPublished Nov. 8, 2017Anna “Lorene” Akers, age 93, formerly of 618 Meadow Lane, Fort Scott, Kan., and most recently of Pioneer Ridge, Lawrence, Kan., passed away Nov. 1, 2017, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence. Lorene was born at her family’s home south of Mound...[More]
Bully Pulpit: Ghosts, goblins - Nov. 1, 2017
I’m still generally on strike against the NFL, their players and management. With that said, I was getting a late dinner prepared and turned on ABC Monday night to check out the Chiefs – curiosity got the best of me – to see if the players would sink to a knee or not. Well,...[More]
