USD 362 discusses county SRO request - Sep. 22, 2021
District leader suggests reciprocal funding for vocational program BY TONY FURSE LINN COUNTY NEWS NEWSPAPERSRME@YAHOO.COM Unified School District 362 leaders have decided to put a Linn County Commission request for school resource officer (SRO) vehicle funding on the back...[More]
Wilhelmina “Billie” Rose Suddock - Sep. 21, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 22, 2021 Wilhelmina “Billie” Rose Suddock, age 90, of Wichita, Kan., died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Home Health & Hospice of Kansas. Rosary is at 9:30 a.m. Thursday,...[More]
Virgil Elmer Spencer 08-08-1939 to 09-17-2021 - Sep. 21, 2021
Published in the Linn County News Sept. 22, 2021 Virgil Elmer Spencer, age 82, Mound City, Kansas passed away Friday, Sept.17, 2021. He was born on August 8, 1939 in rural Mound City, Kan. the son of Elmer Allen and Thelma Barker Spencer. As a very young man Virgil...[More]
Troy E. Mitchell 06-22-1934 to 09-17-2021 - Sep. 21, 2021
Troy E. Mitchell, age 87, of Pleasanton, Kan. passed away in Overland Park, Kan.on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021. Troy was born the son of Jesse James and Naomi Folsom Mitchell on June 23, 1934 in Kansas City, Kan. He married Ruby Venable on October 4, 1951 in Kansas City, Mo., she...[More]
Virginia Linder - Sep. 21, 2021
Virginia Linder passed on to her next adventure on September 13th. She passed peacefully with the love of her life at her side, just as she had chosen to live the last 70+ years. A legacy of family and friends hold on to her many roles as mother, grandmother, great grandma, etc. What...[More]
Janita Marie Clark 02-20-1969 to 09-19-2021 - Sep. 20, 2021
Linn County News Published Sept. 22, 2021 Janita Marie Clark, age 52, of Mound City, Kan., passed away at the Olathe Hospice House on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. Janita was born the daughter of Johnny W. and Sandra Moore Tolly on Feb. 20, 1969, at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla....[More]
Wilbur Lee Smith 11-09-1936 to 09-15-2021 - Sep. 20, 2021
Published in the Linn County News Sept. 22, 2021 Wilbur Lee Smith, age 84, Fort Scott, Kan. formerly of Pleasanton, Kan. passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. He was born in Moran, Kan. on Nov. 9, 1936, the son of Richard Dwight and Faith Kibble Smith. Wilbur attended...[More]
Tuggle hosts platoon members at reunion - Sep. 15, 2021
Friday night was the perfect evening for a picnic, and at Tommy and Karen Tuggle’s home, that was what happened when several members of his platoon from Vietnam got together to rehash old times. Members have been getting together every two years for several years – after Tuggle and...[More]
Young ‘Hawks meet varsity tempo in opening loss - Sep. 15, 2021
It’s been a bumpy start to the 2021 season for Jayhawk-Linn’s football team. A roster with 19 underclassmen (freshmen and sophomores) among its 32 members missed both their Aug. 27 home jamboree with Pleasanton and Erie because of COVID-19 and its scheduled Sept. 3 home opener with...[More]
Prairie View cross country varsity girls earn first place at Fort Scott - Sep. 15, 2021
BY ADAM HOLT LINN COUNTY NEWS holtadam82@yahoo.com The Prairie View cross country teams traveled to Fort Scott on Sept. 9 to compete in the Fort Scott Invitational. The Buffalos again performed well as the varsity girls won as a team. Head Coach Marcie Caldwell said they finished 20 points...[More]
