James Joseph DeMoss - 10-03-1949 to 07-12-2015 - Jul. 22, 2015
James Joseph DeMoss, 65, of Fort Scott, Kan., died Sunday, July 12, 2015, at the Neosho Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kan.James was born Oct. 3, 1949, in Paola, Kan., the fifth of six children born to Chloris Ione and Gladys Maxine (Shoemaker) DeMoss. He grew up in LaCygne and attended school there...[More]
Blue Mound Pigtail and girls’ T-Ball win championships - Jul. 22, 2015
The Blue Mound girls’ softball teams have done well this year. Last week we saw the girls’ coach pitch team receive second at their tournament in Moran and this week the Pigtail team and the t-ball team each won their respective tournaments. The Pigtail tournament was in Uniontown while the...[More]
Pleasanton 2 wins tournament at Blue Mound - Jul. 22, 2015
Blue Mound hosted this year’s Three Rivers Little League tournament from July 15 - July 19. Blue Mound and both Pleasanton teams competed in the tournament. Pleasanton 2 came into the tournament undefeated and the number one seed. Uniontown was the two seed followed by Moran 1, three seed, Redfield,...[More]
Information unaccounted for in the Pleasanton community center project - Jul. 22, 2015
Pleasanton City Administrator Erica Kern announced at the council meeting on July 20 that approximately nine months of timesheet information is currently unaccounted for with the community center project. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check...[More]
K-52 West closure coming soon - Jul. 22, 2015
During the Linn County Commissioners meeting on Monday, July 20, Sheriff Paul Filla discussed an upcoming road closure along a portion of K-52 West between Read Road and Paine Road due to a Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) construction project. To see the full article, check out this...[More]
KS State Rep. Jones American Ninja Warrior competitor - Jul. 22, 2015
America’s love-affair with fitness is moving to new heights as more and more people become involved in parkour training, crossfit, rock climbing and any other number of physical disciplines. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check out the...[More]
The consequences of short attention spans - Jul. 15, 2015
Get this: The average human being now has a shorter attention span than a goldfish. According to a new study from Microsoft Corp., reports Time, average people lose concentration after about eight seconds, whereas the average goldfish doesn’t begin losing interest until after nine seconds. This...[More]
Linn County Fair queen candidates - Jul. 15, 2015
Allison Wakefield is a senior at Jayhawk-Linn High School. She is the daughter of Shane and Debbie Wakefield. A member of Busy Bugs with 11 years of 4-H experience, Wakefield also participates in the Jayhawk-Linn FFA chapter. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn...[More]
Pleasanton Farmers’ Market helps local family learn together - Jul. 15, 2015
Research shows that farmers’ markets positively impact big and small communities across the country. A local family is seeing a few of those benefits through the new farmers’ market in Pleasanton. To see the full article, check out this week's edition of the Linn County News or check...[More]
