Seagrens trial set for late winter - Nov. 8, 2017
A consolidated jury trial for Virginia (Suzanne) and Christian Seagren has been set for Feb. 26-March 2. At Tuesday afternoon’s status conference hearing in Linn County District Court, Judge Terri L. Johnson, Kansas 6th Judicial District, also set a Jan. 16 filing deadline for all...[More]
Pleasanton Dinner Theatre presents ‘Happily Forever After’ - Nov. 8, 2017
The Pleasanton Dinner Theatre will present their fall melodrama dinner theatre production on Friday and Saturday evenings, Nov. 10 and 11. The production will be presented in the high school gymnasium, with doors opening at 6 p.m., seating beginning at 6:30 p.m. and curtains set to open at 7 p.m. “It’s...[More]
Transforming literary frontiers - Nov. 8, 2017
The Kansas Library Association conference, in conjunction with the Kansas Association of School Librarians, was held in Wichita on Oct. 25-27. Meeting rooms were filled with librarians of all ages. They came to hear about changes in the library world, gear up for the 2018 Librarians Rock! Summer Reading...[More]
DAR Junior American Citizens Contest deadline Nov. 29 - Nov. 8, 2017
The Four Winds Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Junior American Citizens (JAC) Contest is drawing to a close. All art design entries, writing entries and service project entries are due on Wednesday, Nov.29. To see the full article, check out...[More]
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]
