Glenda L. Reeves 08-14-1918 to 07-15-2016 - Jul. 18, 2016
Glenda L. Reeves, 97, Pittsburg, passed away at 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 15, 2016, at Via Christi Village, Pittsburg. She was born Aug. 14, 1918, at Erie, Kan., the daughter of Lillie (Smith) and Perry Yarnell. Glenda was united in marriage to Fay E. Reeves in 1934 at Erie. They were married...[More]
Frank Crowder - Jul. 18, 2016
Frank Crowder, age 80, of Pleasanton, Kan., passed away July 15, 2016, at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 20, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel, with burial following the service at the Trading Post Cemetery....[More]
Allen “Bear†Shadden 06-26-1965 to 07-13-2016 - Jul. 18, 2016
Allen “Bear” Shadden, age 51, Mound City, Kan., passed Wednesday, July 13, 2016. He was born on June 26, 1965, at Fort Scott, Kan., the son of William and Fanchion Joles Shadden. He graduated from Jayhawk-Linn High School in the Class of 1983 and attended Fort Scott Community College. He married...[More]
Parker 12U boys place second at Garnett - Jul. 13, 2016
The Parker Thundercats 12U baseball team traveled to Garnett on July 8 through July 10 to compete in the 12U East Central Kansas Baseball League tournament. The tournament featured teams from Garnett, Greeley, Richmond, La Cygne and West Franklin. The Thundercats did well going 3-2 and placing...[More]
Bully Pulpit: Dallas killings - Jul. 13, 2016
Random things have a way of not being very random, and the massacre of five police officers in Dallas seems to fall into that category. Think about a house of cards. Start at the top: we have George Soros whose organization allegedly funds Black Lives Matter. We have two incidents in two different cities...[More]
Blue Mound places second at home tournament - Jul. 13, 2016
The Blue Mound Pigtail team hosted the 2016 Three Rivers League softball tournament on July 8 and 9. Blue Mound and Pleasanton represented Linn County in the tournament with Blue Mound going 4-2 and placing second. Pleasanton went 0-2 in the tournament. To see the full article, check out...[More]
Branching out - Jul. 13, 2016
Tisha Coleman is no stranger to working in the public eye. After spending several years in the employment of Jayhawk USD 346 as the school nurse, she has now branched out and left that position to take a new spot in the county – Linn County Health Department administrator. To see the...[More]
Team saves Pleasanton man’s life - Jul. 13, 2016
FORT SCOTT, Kan. —It had been years since Larry Leonard, 73, stepped into a doctor’s office. But on June 13, a visit to Mercy Clinic Family Medicine–Linn County saved his life. The clinic receptionist Renee Clemens notified the nurse right away of a patient who was short of...[More]
USD 344 looking to fill board opening - Jul. 13, 2016
The Pleasanton USD 344 School Board discussed an open position on the board during their July 11 meeting. The position was left vacant after Rusty Reynolds resigned from the board after he moved outside the district. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County...[More]
Linn Valley looking at mill increase - Jul. 13, 2016
Learning that Linn Valley took little to no mill increase over the last two years, the La Cygne City Ccouncil was given three options of various amounts of mill increase to look at for their next meeting before the county’s budget deadline. To see the full article, check out this week's edition...[More]
