Betty Jo Masters 07-23-1932 to 03-28-2016 - Mar. 30, 2016
Betty Jo Masters, 83, of Mound City, Kan., passed away Monday, March 28, 2016, at Prescott Country View. Betty Jo was born at Fort Scott, Kan., July 23, 1932, as the sole child to Leonard and Elma (Venters) Randall, also of Mound City.In 1950, Betty Jo graduated from Mound City High School and married...[More]
Dorothy Rose Meek 11-16-1916 to 03-23-2016 - Mar. 30, 2016
Dorothy Rose Meek, 99, died Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at Victory Hills Senior Center, Kansas City, Kan., where she had resided since 2012. Dorothy was born to Charles and Florence McIntyre Kilpatrick on Nov. 16, 1916, at Provost, Alberta, Canada. Her first husband was Robert Cameron with whom she had...[More]
Vivian Loraine Driskill 06-25-1932 to 03-22-2016 - Mar. 30, 2016
Vivian Loraine Driskill, 83, Frontenac, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at Medicalodge, Frontenac. She was born June 25, 1932, at Boicourt, Kan., the daughter of Charles E. and Violet Cronmiller Carpenter. She graduated from Pleasanton High School. Vivian married...[More]
Palm Sunday Services held at Fairmount Church - Mar. 30, 2016
The Mapleton Community of Christ and the Earnest family held its Palm Sunday Service at the Fairmont Church which is located southeast of Pleasanton. The church was destroyed in a tornado April 27, 2014, and was rebuilt by many volunteers. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the...[More]
Laver participates in the Stateline Showdown - Mar. 30, 2016
Pleasanton senior Brenton Laver participated in the Stateline Showdown from March 24 through March 26. The Stateline Showdown is where high school basketball players from Missouri and Kansas come together for a weekend of awards, community service, a skills competition and, of course, a game. To see...[More]
Baseball Jayhawks show grit in opening twinbill sweep - Mar. 30, 2016
Jayhawk-Linn/Pleasanton’s baseball team might be excused if they appeared to be reeling after their March 22 season-opening doubleheader sweep at Anderson County. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the online version here. ...[More]
Pitching sparks Lady Hawk season opening sweep - Mar. 30, 2016
Mirrored pitching gems by Lauren Sluder and Sydney Dent paced Jayhawk-Linn/Pleasanton to extra-inning doubleheader softball wins in their March 22 season opener. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the online version here....[More]
Man arrested in connection with missing Iola man - Mar. 30, 2016
Linn County Sheriff Paul Filla told the commissioners that his department was involved in an arrest in rural Blue Mound of a man who was wanted in connection with the disappearance of an Iola man, Shawn Cook, 33. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check...[More]
La Cygne skatepark opens to boarders, cyclists - Mar. 30, 2016
La Cygne finally has a skatepark. What began as a youth dream nine years ago came to fruition with its opening this past Saturday at La Cygne’s south city park. ...[More]
USD#344 bond issue goes to voters Tues., April 5 - Mar. 30, 2016
Potentially 1,270 voters will have an opportunity to cast their vote on whether Pleasanton USD#344 will renovate their school with an $11,140,000 bond on Tuesday, April 5. The bond issue has been a source of much conversation in the community since the school board voted to publish their intent to borrow...[More]
