PV FFA receives KAAE award - Feb. 4, 2026
According to their website, one of the goals of the Kansas Association of Agricultural Educators, or KAAE, is to promote and improve the teaching of agriculture in secondary schools and where courses in technical agriculture constitute the principal function, maintain and improve professional standards...[More]
Mound City cowboy wins Big in Texas - Feb. 4, 2026
Mound City bull rider, Colton Byram, emerged as the biggest winner at the PRCA Xtreme “Bulls Night Out” held at the Ft. Worth Stock Show Jan 20-21. The Xtreme Bulls are stand-alone bull riding events held throughout the year and sanctioned by the PRCA with points (dollars) counting towards...[More]
Red tape is strangling rural health care - Feb. 4, 2026
Rural America is running out of doctors. According to a recent report from the Commonwealth Fund, 43 million Americans now live in rural communities facing a shortage of primary care providers. This shortage isn’t new. It’s been reality for rural America for decades. And it helps explain...[More]
Legislative Update - Feb. 4, 2026
The third week of the session was very unusual. It started with fast tracking House Substitute for Senate Bill (SB) 244 that requires every multi-person restroom, locker room, changing room or shower in a public building to be designated for use by only one biological sex, with narrow exceptions for...[More]
Washburn University Music & Theatre Department to host Piano Day Feb. 14 - Feb. 4, 2026
TOPEKA, KAN. — The Washburn University Music & Theatre Department will host Washburn Piano Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 14 for K-12 piano students. “As students prepare for spring piano recitals and competitions, Washburn Piano Day gives K-12 piano students the opportunity to try out...[More]
Use IRS Free File to conveniently file your return at no cost - Feb. 4, 2026
WASHINGTON — IRS Free File will begin accepting individual tax returns today, giving eligible taxpayers an early opportunity to prepare and file their federal income tax returns ahead of the official start of the 2026 filing season later this month. While the filing season begins later this month,...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Feb. 4, 2026
Accountability Questions began circulating Monday night at the Pleasanton Council meeting about how could the water plant get into such shape as to now be, potentially, a $4-$6 million repair job. I’m not picking on Pleasanton; put any city you want in the discussion and think about accountability. Many...[More]
Katherine Paulette Curry ~ 02-27-1945 to 01-31-2026 - Feb. 3, 2026
Linn County News Published February 4, 2026 Kathryn Paulette Curry, age 80, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. She was born on Feb. 27, 1945, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Rudolph George and Dorothy Trecel Burrous Obermeier. She graduated from La Cygne Rural High School,...[More]
Terry Dean Crump ~ 02-03-1942 to 01-27-2026 - Jan. 30, 2026
Linn County News Published February 4, 2026 Terry Dean Crump, Mound City, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. He was born on Feb. 3, 1942, in Topeka, Kan., the son of Clifford and Carol Griffin Crump. He worked as a foreman and machine operator for Burlington Northern Santa...[More]
Viola May “Budd” Ralston ~ 02-04-1933 to 01-21-2026 - Jan. 30, 2026
Linn County News Published February 4, 2026 Viola May “Budd” (Cunningham) Ralston, age 92, of Parker, Kan., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, at her home. Viola was born Feb. 4, 1933, in Garnett, Kan. She was one of nine children born to Ora Elmer and Ida Esther (Williams) Cunningham....[More]
