Joann Albright 01-02-1934 to 10-22-2016 - Oct. 25, 2016
Joann Little Albright, 82, of La Cygne, Kan., passed on to her eternal home on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. Visitation will be held Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 5-7 p.m. at Schneider Funeral Home, La Cygne. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, at Joann’s church, Fontana Christian Church,...[More]
Jerry M. Boone 11-03-1943 to 10-15-2016 - Oct. 25, 2016
Jerry M. Boone, 72, La Cygne, Kan., passed away on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016, at the Louisburg Health Care and Rehab. He was born on Nov. 3, 1943, at Paola, Kan., the son of Irvin and Esther Croghan Boone. Jerry spent a lot of his childhood traveling back and forth from Kansas to California with...[More]
Lavona Marie (Gilkey) Bradley 01-29-1967 to 10-15-2016 - Oct. 25, 2016
Lavona Marie (Gilkey) Bradley, age 49, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Prescott, Kan., on Oct. 15, 2016. She was born Jan. 29, 1967, in Butler, Mo. Lavona was the youngest of six children born to Bobby Ray Gilkey and Della Marie (Black) Douglas. Lavona attended school in Rich Hill, Mo., until...[More]
Pleasanton cross country performs well at league meet in Burlington - Oct. 19, 2016
The Pleasanton cross country team traveled to Burlington on Oct. 13 to compete in the Three Rivers League meet at Burlington. This was a huge meet as the Three Rivers was one of three leagues that held their league meet there. The Blu-Jays did well as every single runner set a personal record. To see...[More]
Moderate middle mullings - Oct. 19, 2016
In a political sense, I’m one of “those” who are most p0pular during an election cycle. The rest of the time ... uh ... not so much. I am one of “those” non-affiliated, middle-of-the-road, fence-riding moderates. In today’s climate, I am too liberal to be...[More]
Turnovers hurt Buffalos in loss to Osawatomie - Oct. 19, 2016
District play began for the Prairie View football team as they hosted league foe Osawatomie on Oct. 14. The Buffalos entered the game 1-5 overall while the Trojans entered 0-6. Both teams knew the winner of this game had a good chance to advance to bi-districts. Unfortunately for the Buffalos, key turnovers,...[More]
Jayhawk volleyball hosts Senior Night - Oct. 19, 2016
The Jayhawk volleyball team had a busy week this past week as they hosted Arma and Crest for Senior Night on Oct. 11 and then went to Osawatomie to play a dual on Oct. 13. Finally, the team went to St. Mary’s Colgan to play in a ten-team tournament on Oct. 15. To see the full article, check out...[More]
Cannon receives top state mapping award - Oct. 19, 2016
Linn County’s geographical information systems (GIS) administrator has received a top state honor. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the online version here....[More]
Compassion and hope: reaching out in a rural community - Oct. 19, 2016
Recently Pastor Cary Coffey of the Pleasanton Assembly of God Church attended a conference put on specifically for eastern Kansas churches. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the online version here....[More]
County to buy back damaged asphalt unit - Oct. 19, 2016
The County Commissioners unanimously approved a $1,500 salvage buyback of a county-owned asphalt conveyor belt plant at its regular Monday meeting. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the online version here....[More]
