And the remodel begins! - Dec. 28, 2016
Nick Thompson, IT, installs new computer cable and removes the old cables as the remodel for the USD 344 school buildings commences, allowing all new cable to be in place and ready when the remodel is complete. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out...[More]
Kathryn Smith 01-19-1934 to 12-25-2016 - Dec. 27, 2016
Linn County News Published Dec. 28, 2016 Kathryn Smith, age 82, Blue Mound, Kan., passed away Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016, at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott. She was born on Jan. 19, 1934, at Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Andrew Asel and Carrie Knisely Newman. She graduated from La Cygne High...[More]
Nancy Louise Marchand 10-14-45 to 12-21-2016 - Dec. 27, 2016
Linn County News Published Dec. 28, 2016 Nancy Louise Marchand, age 71, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, in Branson, Mo. She was born on Oct. 14, 1945, in Oswego, Kan., the daughter of John Eynon and Louise D. Bradfield Romine. Nancy graduated from Oswego High School...[More]
Donald Stevens 06-13-1964 to 12-24-2016 - Dec. 27, 2016
Linn County News Published Dec. 28, 2016 Donald Stevens, age 52, Paola, Kan., formerly of La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. He was born on June 13, 1964, in Jackson County, Mo., the son of Donald L. and Joann Stackhaus Stevens. He learned the trade of plumbing from his...[More]
James L. “Jim†Davis 11-24-1935 to 12-23-2016 - Dec. 27, 2016
Linn County News Published Dec. 28, 2016 James L. “Jim” Davis, 81, of Louisburg, Kan., passed away on Dec. 23, 2016, at his home. Jim was born Nov. 24, 1935, in Chillicothe, Mo., to Archie and Juanita Seifert Davis. He was united in marriage to Dettie Lou McChesney on Dec. 13, 1959. Jim...[More]
Norma June Edgar 07-16-1925 to 12-26-2016 - Dec. 27, 2016
Linn County News Published Dec. 28, 2016 Norma June Edgar, age 91, Austin, Texas, formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, at the West Oaks nursing facility. She was born at Pleasanton on July 16, 1925. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 2, 2017,...[More]
Lady Jays win ‘Battle of the Birds’ - Dec. 21, 2016
The Pleasanton High School (PHS) Lady Jays had some unfinished business to tend to. PHS had already completed their fall semester, but the Lady Eagles of Uniontown High School (UHS) came calling Friday night for a non-league matchup.The Jays won the opening tip, and Zoe Marshall quickly scored under...[More]
Bully Pulpit: Trump’s right on vetting immigration - Dec. 21, 2016
With Monday’s carbon copy incident of the horrific truck rampage that occurred in Nice, France, Germany felt its own terrorist event when a yet-to-be-apprehended cohort of a newly immigrated Pakistani national drove a truck through a German Christmas bazaar killing 12.Where President-elect Trump...[More]
