Betty Clark Avery - Jan. 14, 2015
Betty Clark Avery, of Yakima, Wash., passed away at age 81, on Jan. 3, 2015, at the Arbor House in Yakima. Betty was born to Oliver and Mary Clark in Anthony, Kan., and was raised on a farm. She attended the one room school at Linnville before graduating from Mound City High School. After graduation,...[More]
Ronald Jean Troutman - 08-15-1939 to 01-04-2015 - Jan. 14, 2015
Ronald Jean Troutman, 75, of Fontana, Kan., died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kan.Ron was born Aug. 15, 1939, in Denver, Colo., the youngest of three children to Lester Lee and Elisabeth M. (Melody) Troutman. He lived in California from 1940-1949. He moved to Parker,...[More]
Donna Marie Watts - 12-09-1936 to 01-09-2015 - Jan. 14, 2015
Donna Marie Watts, 78, Pleasanton, Kan. passed away Friday, Jan. 9, 2015 at the Olathe Medical Center. She was born Dec. 9, 1936 at Wheaton, Mo., the daughter of Roy and Emma May Harrison. She was united in marriage in 1958 in the State of Arkansas to Jerry Watts. Donna worked for the Pleasanton Unified...[More]
Jayhawk basketball wins big over Uniontown - Jan. 14, 2015
The Jayhawk-Linn boys’ and girls’ basketball teams hosted Uniontown on Jan. 6. Both teams won big as the girls won 57-33 and the boys won 72-40.In the girls’ game it was close in the first quarter as the Hawks only led by four, 15-11. The Hawks then had a huge second quarter that put...[More]
Buffalos top Panthers in Pioneer-Frontier League dual - Jan. 14, 2015
The Prairie View wrestling team hosted a double dual on Jan. 9, as it was the Pioneer League versus the Frontier League. The Pioneer League got the better of its larger Frontier League foes as the Buffalos defeated Paola 39-29 and Osawatomie defeated Spring Hill 49-24.The dual started with the 170-weight...[More]
Linn Valley PD holds workshop, shares burglary prevention tips - Jan. 14, 2015
Last Saturday, Linn Valley Police Department held a public workshop at the Linn Valley Clubhouse to offer burglary prevention tips to county residents.Police Chief Corey Murrison shared that the free workshop aimed to teach attendees how to increase security for their homes, garages and outdoor buildings...[More]
IPC Concrete plant in Pleasanton sells - Jan. 14, 2015
No longer will passersby see an empty facility south of Pleasanton where IPC was once located, as the facility was purchased by Fabcon from Savage, Minn. Production lines will once again be online, this time producing precast, pre-stressed concrete wall panels rather than bridge structures.Linn County...[More]
Judge Smith and Commissioner Pemberton retire - Jan. 14, 2015
After five years as a county attorney and 28 years as a judge and district judge, Richard Smith is hanging up his robe.And, 16 years as District 1 County Commissioner and Herb Pemberton is calling it quits - both passing their gavels Monday at the commissioner meeting in front of family and friends. To...[More]
Kellerman signs with Oklahoma State University - Jan. 7, 2015
Matt Kellerman, a 2013 graduate from Prairie View High School, is continuing his football career by signing with Oklahoma State University for 2015.Kellerman played football at Prairie View and after his senior year he signed with Butler Community College Grizzlies for the 2013 football season. Kellerman...[More]
Johnson returns to elite status - Jan. 7, 2015
OKLAHOMA CITY – Eleven months ago, tie-down roper Trenton Johnson was just getting out of hip surgery that saw him on crutches for eight weeks. He spent four months going through physical therapy for a repaired hip labrum and a hip microfracture, then he handled the rehabilitation...[More]
