Prairie View boys’ basketball wins big over Central Heights - Dec. 10, 2014
The Prairie View boys’ basketball team started the 2014 - 2015 season by traveling to Central Heights on Dec. 5 for a league contest against the Vikings. It was a good start as good transition play, good passing and excellent defense led to a 70-32 blowout victory over the Vikings.The Buffalos...[More]
Jayhawk wrestling starts season at Caney Valley - Dec. 10, 2014
The Jayhawk-Linn wrestling team traveled to Caney Valley on Dec. 6 to compete in the 2014 Kan-Okla Tournament. The Hawks did well and had multiple top four finishers. The team placed ninth with 116.01 points. Shawnee Heights won the tournament with 243.52 points and were followed by Bartlesville, 233.03...[More]
Paul Robert “Bob†Stainbrook - 08-21-1943 to 12-05-2014 - Dec. 10, 2014
Paul Robert “Bob” Stainbrook, 71, Olathe, Kan. passed away Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. He was born Aug. 21, 1943 in McCook, Neb., the son of Paul and Mildred Stainbrook. He graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School and attended Emporia State University. During his working career, he was...[More]
Betty Lou Davis - 04-02-1927 to 12-05-2014 - Dec. 10, 2014
Betty Lou Davis, 87, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. She was born April 2, 1927, at Pleasanton, Kan., the daughter of George and Nancy Elkington New.She married William Davis March 29, 1947 in Kansas City, Kan. He preceded her in death July 23, 2005.She worked at Central Armature...[More]
Herschel Leon Vail - 10-31-1925 to 12-07-2014 - Dec. 10, 2014
Herschel Leon Vail, 89, passed away Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014. He was born at Boicourt, Kan., on Oct. 31, 1925, the son of Raymond and Leona Dodge Vail.He married Nancy Wisdom April 25, 1954.He served his country in the United States Navy during World War II. Herschel owned and operated a trash disposal service...[More]
Norma L. Avery - Dec. 10, 2014
Norma L. Avery, age 85, Centerville, Kan., passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. Funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the Mound City Chapel....[More]
History of the oldest brick hotel in Linn County - Dec. 10, 2014
After losing several Main Street businesses to fire, an ordinance was passed that no more wooden buildings could be built on Main (articles in the Pleasanton Observer give us a weekly report of the first brick building). In 1884, the Pleasanton Town Co. bought the lot at Ninth and Main, with plans to...[More]
A feeling of Christmas in La Cygne - Dec. 10, 2014
The holiday season was officially kicked off in La Cygne with the Mayor’s Tree Lighting on Nov. 30. Children from Our Lady of the Lourdes Catholic Church formed a circle around the tree and sang “Away in the Manger.” Mayor Terry Weitman lit the tree, Rev. Pat Longstroth from United...[More]
Repairs coming to 100-year-old bridge - Dec. 10, 2014
Collaboration between the Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and the Linn County commissioners will soon bring repairs to the Mine Creek Bridge on E. 1175 Road. A dated plaque mounted in the wall of the bridge states it was built in 1914. Though the bridge belongs to the county, no...[More]
Ferguson won’t go away - Making Sense - Dec. 10, 2014
As we saw last weekend at the start of the St. Louis Rams-Raiders game, we’ll be dealing with the facts and symbolism of Michael Brown’s death for a long time.“Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” doesn’t accurately describe what really happened when Ferguson police officer Darren...[More]
