Parker misses out on park playset - Feb. 7, 2024
It was worth a try. But Parker’s opportunity to get new Heritage Park playground equipment fell by the wayside because of online auction overbidding. On a 3-0 vote at a hastily-called Jan. 23 special meeting, the city’s legislative council had approved expenditures of up to $6,500 to seek...[More]
Motion to be heard on consolidating multiple Tanglewood cases - Feb. 7, 2024
On Jan. 5, 2024 attorney John Ivan defense counsel for 14 of the 17 defendants, including Eva Riojas, Carla Riojas, Allyn Mackey, and more, in the Tanglewood gate incident from May 17, 2023, in which the gates at Tanglewood Lake were dismantled and removed, filed a motion in all 14 cases which will be...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Feb. 7, 2024
We are not immune We, Midwesterners, Kansas City metropolis and more rural residents, are pretty lucky in where we live. Sure, we face issues such as the green energy controversy buffeting our county, but we don’t face what people in New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago face on a daily basis. My...[More]
Prairie View basketball travels to Wellsville and hosts Santa Fe Trail for Courtwarming - Feb. 7, 2024
The Prairie View girls’ and boys’ basketball teams faced Pioneer League foes Wellsville and Santa Fe Trail this past week. The teams traveled to Wellsville on Jan. 30 to face the Eagles. It was a good trip for the girls’ team as they won 42-21. The boys’ team did not do as well...[More]
Wins vault Blu-Jays into second place - Feb. 7, 2024
Three basketball wins last week, one a Friday forfeit by Chetopa, vaulted Pleasanton’s boys into second place in the 12-member Three Rivers League as play began this week. On the home hardwood, the Blu-Jays claimed a 53-51 overtime thriller over Colony-Crest Jan. 30 and followed with last Thursday’s...[More]
Jayhawk basketball has busy week against TRL competition - Feb. 7, 2024
The Jayhawk Linn girls’ and boys’ basketball teams played three Three Rivers League teams this past week in the Pleasanton Blu-Jays, St. Paul Indians, and Uniontown Eagles. They traveled to Pleasanton on Feb. 1 and then hosted St. Paul on Feb. 2. The Hawks then had a make-up game against...[More]
George Daniel “Danny” Butler, Jr. ~ 10-25-1971 to 02-02-2024 - Feb. 6, 2024
Linn County News Publish February 7, 2024 George Daniel “Danny” Butler, Jr., age 52, of Fort Scott, Kan., formerly of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. He was born in Topeka, Kan., on Oct. 25, 1971, the son of George and Carolyn Jackson Butler. He graduated from...[More]
Ray A. McCulley ~ 05-22-1945 to 02-02-2024 - Feb. 6, 2024
Linn County News Published Feb. 7, 2024 Ray A. McCulley, age 78, of Parker, Kan., passed away on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, at his home surrounded by family. Funeral services will take place at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, at Centerville Community Church, Centerville, Kan. Burial will take...[More]
Judith Ellen Richardson ~ 08-10-1941 to 02-01-2024 - Feb. 6, 2024
Linn County News Published February 7, 2024 Judith “Judy” Ellen Richardson, 82, of Valley Falls, formerly of Mound City, passed away Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, at the St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City. She was born on Aug. 10, 1941, in Kansas City, Mo., to Charles and Mary...[More]
Blu-Jay Gillespie hits 1,000-point mark - Jan. 31, 2024
Pleasanton's Tony Gillespie is the newest member of Blu-Jay basketball's 1,000-point club. The senior hit the exact mark Tuesday night on the final of three second-half left-side three-point bombs with 7:18 left in regulation for a 39-35 lead in what turned out to be a thrilling Pleasanton 53-51 overtime...[More]
