Royals blood drive comes to Sacred Heart Church - Jul. 1, 2015
A Royals blood drive will take place next Wednesday, July 8, from 2 to 6:30 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Church hall. The church is located at 719 Main Street in Mound City. Hosted by the Community Blood Center, all present donors will receive two free tickets to a 2015 Kansas City Royals game. To...[More]
Betty Lou Green - Jul. 1, 2015
Betty Lou Green, 86, passed away June 22, 2015. Funeral service was Thursday, June 25, 2015, at Woodlawn United Methodist Church, 431 S. Woodlawn Blvd, Derby, Kan. Burial followed the service at Sunny Slope Cemetery, Blue Mound, Kan. She is preceded in death by her parents, Sam and Selma Howerton; husband,...[More]
Cleo Roselle Correll - 08-16-1949 to 06-28-2015 - Jul. 1, 2015
Cleo Roselle Correll, 65, of Centerville, Kan., died at 7:55 p.m. Sunday, June 28, 2015, at the Arma Health and Rehabilitation in Arma, Kan. Mrs. Correll was born Aug. 16, 1949, at Girard, Kan., the daughter of Augustine and Cleo Gilbert Mengarelli. Roselle was a school teacher and homemaker who had...[More]
Mary Smith - 08-23-1920 to 06-24-2015 - Jul. 1, 2015
Mary Louise Smith, 94, of Baldwin City, Kan., formerly of Blue Mound, died at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at ComfortCare Homes in Baldwin City. Mary was born Aug. 23, 1920 in Montreal, Mo. to Edgar Harrison and Ruth Ellen (Clarke) Smith. Mary moved to Blue Mound as a child and graduated from...[More]
Wayne Jones - 11-30-1943 to 06-26-2015 - Jul. 1, 2015
Wayne Edward “Too Tall” Jones, 71, of Mound City, Kan. died unexpectedly Friday, June 26, 2015 at his home. Wayne was born Nov. 30, 1943 in Kansas City, Kan. to Daniel Rinehart and Margaret Bernice (Herren) Jones. He graduated from Mound City High School with the Class of 1961. “Too...[More]
Carol Durbin - 09-24-1947 to 06-20-2015 - Jul. 1, 2015
Carol Deanette Durbin, 67, of Fort Scott, died Saturday morning, June 20, 2015, at the Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Mo. She was born in La Cygne, Kan., Sept. 24, 1947, the daughter of Russell Stokes and Beatrice Imogene Willis Merriman. She married Ronald R. Durbin Oct. 9, 1965, in Fort Scott;...[More]
Mound City wins 12U Twin Rivers softball tournament - Jul. 1, 2015
The Mound City 12U softball team competed in the Twin Rivers tournament at Garnett on June 27 - 28.The team did very well going 5-0 and winning the championship. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the online edition here. ...[More]
La Cygne softball dominates 14U Twin Rivers tournament - Jul. 1, 2015
La Cygne has two 14U softball teams and both teams are pretty good. The girls showed this all season but especially at the 14U Twin Rivers softball tournament at Osawatomie on June 27. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the online edition...[More]
Black bear sighting in Southeast Kansas - Jul. 1, 2015
Recent reports of a bear sighting in southeast Kansas were verified by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks on June 25. KDWPT Mined Land Wildlife Area Manager David Jenkins noted that it was a young, adult black bear. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County...[More]
