Dora Sissy Nash - Feb. 3, 2016
Dora Sissy Nash, 40, Lane, Kan., passed away Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel, with burial in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday at the La Cygne...[More]
Lucile Edna Snyder 06-25-1925 to 01-31-2016 - Feb. 3, 2016
Lucile Edna Snyder, age 90, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at her home. She was born June 25, 1925, in Mound City, Kan., the daughter of Clarence Edward and Wilhelmina Herman Augur. She married Howard Lee Snyder on June 23, 1943, in Nevada, Mo. He preceded her in death on...[More]
Barbara Mosher 01-19-1919 to 01-30-2016 - Feb. 3, 2016
Barbara Mosher, 97, formerly of Blue Mound and Coffeyville, Kan., died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at De Soto, Kan. Barbara was born Jan. 19, 1919, in Monmouth, Kan., to Schuyler Leaman and Lila (Morrison) Leaman. She attended schools in Monmouth and Cherokee, Kan., graduating from Crawford County Community...[More]
Ruth Margaret Kastl Smith 11-03-1924 to 01-31-2016 - Feb. 3, 2016
Ruth Margaret Kastl Smith, 91, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at her home. She was born Nov. 3, 1924, in Linn County, Kan., the daughter of Earl Jeffers and Ellen Macoubrie Jeffers. Ruth graduated from Blue Mound High School in 1942. The day after her graduation,...[More]
A sad ending - Feb. 3, 2016
I’ve been in Linn County since April 2000 – almost 16 years, and in that time the Osawatomie Graphic kept us on our toes. It was actually fun to watch what they’d do - we scooped them on some stories, they’d scoop us on others. Competition made us a better paper and I thank them...[More]
Pleasanton to end week with back-to-back games - Feb. 3, 2016
Pleasanton will play back-to-back basketball games to end the week, both against familiar opponents. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the online version here. ...[More]
Prairie View Ducks Unlimited holds second annual banquet - Feb. 3, 2016
The Prairie View Ducks Unlimited chapter held their second annual banquet on the evening of Jan. 29. This year the banquet was held at Wicked Outfitters Hunting Lodge east of La Cygne instead of the Linn County Fairgrounds where it was held last year. To see the full article, check out this...[More]
Democrats to converge on Mound City for Presidential Caucus - Feb. 3, 2016
The Linn County Democratic Party will host the Presidential Preference Caucus on March 5 in Mound City. Democrats from the six counties represented by the Kansas Senate 12th District will gather to complete step one to choose delegates for the presidential conventions. To see the full article,...[More]
Bob Weickert inducted into Fair Hall Of Fame - Feb. 3, 2016
Linn County Fair Board member Robert “Bob” Weickert, Pleasanton, was inducted into the Kansas Fairs & Festivals Hall of Fame at the recent 2016 KF&F Convention in Topeka. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the online...[More]
Planning for Monarchs…. - Feb. 3, 2016
The monarch butterfly is one of the most recognizable species of wildlife in all of America. They undertake one of the world’s most remarkable and fascinating migrations, traveling thousands of miles over many generations from Mexico, across the United States, to Canada. To see the...[More]
