Shirley Joe Brooks-King 04-23-1939 to 01-29-2022 - Feb. 1, 2022
Linn County News Published Feb. 2, 2022 Shirley Joe Brooks-King, age 82, Hume, Mo., passed Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. Private family service will be 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, at the Hume United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Lawrence Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Saturday at...[More]
Carmita May Black 05-31-1924 to 01-30-2022 - Feb. 1, 2022
Linn County News Published Feb. 2, 2022 Carmita May Black, age 97, Prescott, Kan., passed away Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. She was born in rural Prescott, Kan., on May 31, 1924, the daughter of Lawrence Albert and Mildred E. Thompson Odell. She graduated from Hume High School. Carmita was united in marriage...[More]
David Kent Hammar 01-12-1939 to 01-27-2022 - Feb. 1, 2022
Linn County News Published Feb. 2, 2022 David Kent Hammar, age 83, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Thursday morning, Jan. 27, 2022. He was born in Storm Lake, Iowa, the youngest son of Rev. William Paul Hammar and Hildur Marie Johnson Hammar. David graduated from Cambridge High School, Cambridge, Minn.,...[More]
Wilbur Stainbrook 05-12-1927 to 01-30-2022 - Feb. 1, 2022
Linn County News Published Feb. 2, 2022 Wilbur Stainbrook, age 94, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. He was born on the family farm near La Cygne on May 12, 1927, the son of Charles Fredrick and Ruth Earline Stevens Stainbrook. He graduated from La Cygne High School in the Class of...[More]
Barbara Slater 04-05-1936 to 01-29-2022 - Jan. 31, 2022
Linn County News Published Feb. 2, 2022 Barbara Slater, age 85, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. She was born the daughter of George and Evelyn Crawford Thomas on April 5, 1936, at Pleasanton. Barbara graduated from Pleasanton High School. She married...[More]
George E. Spencer 10-10-1940 to 01-22-2022 - Jan. 28, 2022
Linn County News Published Feb. 2, 2022 George E. Spencer, of Mound City, Kan., passed away on Jan. 22, 2022. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. A Celebration of Life will be held on Feb. 26 with time to be determined. ...[More]
Pleasanton basketball hosts Midseason Tournament; girls place second - Jan. 26, 2022
The Pleasanton basketball teams hosted their Midseason Tournament this past week as six teams competed: Pleasanton, Jayhawk, Osawatomie, Oswego, Northeast (Topeka) and Heritage Christian. The Jays started on Jan. 17 against Jayhawk. The girls won their game 47-17 while the boys lost their game 48-24. In...[More]
Prairie View basketball teams go 2-1 at Kenny Holt Memorial Tournament at Uniontown - Jan. 26, 2022
Prairie View’s boys’ and girls’ basketball teams traveled to Uniontown this past week to compete in the Kenny Holt Memorial Tournament. The tournament featured four teams, Uniontown, Prairie View, Kansas City Christian (KCC) and Altoona Midway. Both the boys’ and girls’...[More]
Jayhawk basketball competes at Midseason Tournament in Pleasanton - Jan. 26, 2022
The Jayhawk basketball teams traveled to Pleasanton this past week to compete in Pleasanton’s Midseason Tournament. The Hawks’ first game in the tournament was on Jan . 17 against the host team Pleasanton. The girls fell to the Lady Jays, 47-17, but the boys won their game, 48-24. In the...[More]
La Cygne annexes county land - Jan. 26, 2022
Property involved is at Industrial Park La Cygne has annexed 12.5 acres of Linn County property. At their regular meeting last Wednesday, Jan. 19, the city’s council voted 4-0, with Thomas Capp not present, to adopt Ordinance No. 1498 that makes the Industrial Park property annexation...[More]
