Dedicated volunteer helps bluebirds on local NWR - Nov. 25, 2014
Throughout the last four years, retired veteran Bob Shadburn volunteered over 2,000 hours at the Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge through a birdhouse management program. An Overland Park resident, Shadburn drives nearly 60 miles south to the refuge during the 29-week nesting season...[More]
Lloyd Marion Krull 03-29-1923 to 11-20-2014 - Nov. 25, 2014
Lloyd Marion Krull, 91, of Justin, Texas, formerly of Blue Mound, Kan., died at 3:45 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, at The Harrison at Heritage Nursing Home in Keller, Texas. Lloyd was born March 29, 1923, in Blue Mound, Kan., to Lester M. and Bertha Rose (Casida) Krull. Lloyd attended schools...[More]
Prairie View Middle School wrestling wins home league tournament - Nov. 19, 2014
The middle school Buffalo wrestlers hosted the Pioneer League middle school wrestling tournament on Nov. 8 and did quite well. The Buffalos won the tournament with 124 points in the advanced brackets. The Buffalos were followed by Santa Fe Trail, 110 points; Burlington, 97 points; Wellsville, 79 points;...[More]
Peggy Yvonne Dunavan - 12-02-1947 to 11-13-2014 - Nov. 19, 2014
Peggy Yvonne Dunavan, 66, Hartley, Texas, died at her home on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014.The daughter of Owen and Julia Pearl “Judy” Dunavan, she was born Dec. 2, 1947, at Mound City, Kan.Peggy attended Pittsburg State University and traveled to many countries. She lived in California, Wisconsin,...[More]
Keith Raymond Needham - 01-30-1945 to 11-15-2014 - Nov. 19, 2014
Keith Raymond Needham, 69, Mound City, Kan., passed away Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. He was born on the family farm near Mapleton on Jan. 30, 1945, the son of Alvin and Lucy Smith Needham. He graduated from Blue Mound High School and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Pittsburg State University.He...[More]
Wallace E. McGee - 10-28-1933 to 11-10-2014 - Nov. 19, 2014
Wallace E. McGee, 81, Ottawa, Kan., formerly of Kincaid, Kan., passed away Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. He was born Oct. 28, 1933, at Blue Mound, Kan., the son of Warren and Elsie Morrell McGee.He graduated from Blue Mound High School. After graduation, he served his country in the United States Marine Corps.He...[More]
Lanny A. Roedel - 05-10-1949 to 11-11-2014 - Nov. 19, 2014
Lanny A. Roedel, 65, of Joplin, Mo., died peacefully in his sleep on Veterans Day, Nov.11, 2014 after a long illness.Lanny was a retired union carpenter of Local 311 in Joplin. He served as a Lance Corporal with the 9th Marine Division in Vietnam, which was instrumental in Operation Dewey Canyon.He held...[More]
Claron Ray Yates - 07-15-1956 to 11-13-2014 - Nov. 19, 2014
Claron Ray Yates, 58, Garnett, Kan., passed away Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. He was born to John H. and Murriell Walter Yates July 15, 1956, at Garnett, Kan. He grew up in the Greeley area and graduated from Garnett High School. Claron then moved to Houston, Texas taking a job with Exxon Mobile. He then...[More]
Maybelle Woolston - 03-12-1924 to 11-16-2014 - Nov. 19, 2014
Maybelle Woolston, age 90, Mound City, Kan., passed away on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014. She was born on March 12, 1924, the daughter of Lee and Pearl Spivey Collier. She graduated from Stella, Mo., High School.Maybelle and her husband Ed were married in 1944. Together they owned and ran the Chevrolet dealership...[More]
Erratic driver rear-ends police vehicle - Nov. 19, 2014
On Wednesday, Nov. 12, Linn County Sheriff’s Office received a report from Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office of an erratic driver northbound on U.S. 69. Undersheriff Roger Holt, dispatched to the call, said officers caught up with the driver, later identified as Beverly Baze from Rich Hill,...[More]
