Allison Butler to be Swedes Women’s Basketball manager - Aug. 27, 2014
Allison Butler, La Cygne, is the latest addition to the Bethany College women’s basketball program. Head Coach Brett Morehouse announced her addition for the 2014-2015 academic season. “Allison is going to be a great addition to our staff. She brings energy and enthusiasm to our program and...[More]
Author visits Linn County Museum to discuss the KC Monarchs trip to Pleasanton - Aug. 27, 2014
On Saturday, Aug. 23 the Linn County Museum had a special guest speaker, Phil S. Dixon. Dixon is from Kansas City, Kan., and currently resides in Belton, Mo., and is a leading expert in baseball history, particularly African-American baseball history which he has covered for 35 years. Dixon has written...[More]
Deputy thwarts Blue Mound burglary attempt - Aug. 27, 2014
What could have gone down as a burglary, went on the books as an arrest made in an attempted burglary.Linn County Sheriff’s Deputy Bobby Johnson was patrolling on Thursday, Aug. 21, in Blue Mound when he passed a house where the occupant, Roger Firebaugh, was already in the custody of the Sheriff’s...[More]
2 arrested on burglary charges in Pleasanton - Aug. 27, 2014
A disturbance call in Pleasanton on Friday, Aug. 15, resulted in the arrest of two suspects on burglary charges.Pleasanton Police Officer Tristan Snyder said that a disturbance between Pleasanton residents Michael Lane and Demetrius Cornelius resulted when Cornelius borrowed $20 from Lane’s wife...[More]
Kayak enthusiast dies before accomplishing childhood dream - Aug. 27, 2014
As an update for readers who may have been curious about the kayaker that the Linn County News ran a story on last summer, on the afternoon of July 29, Robert Schmid died in an industrial work-related accident at the A.E. Woods Fish Hatchery in San Marcos, Texas, where he worked as the hatchery manager...[More]
Mildred ‘Charlene’ Curran - 02-05-1939 to 08-11-2014 - Aug. 27, 2014
Charlene Curran, 75, of Bartlesville, Okla., passed away Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, at the Journey Home Hospice House of Bartlesville.Mildred Charlene Artz was born Feb. 5, 1939, in Bartlesville to Charles Isaac Artz and Lahoma Hughes. The family lived in Bartlesville until Charlene was six, then they moved...[More]
Two local librarians complete intensive SEKLS training - Aug. 20, 2014
Blue Mound Library District #3 Director Brenda Curtis, and Pleasanton Lincoln Library District #5 Director Wendy Morlan, recently graduated from the Southeast Kansas Library System’s training program for new library directors named APPLE (Applied Public Library Education). APPLE is intensive,...[More]
Blue Mound library plans to go automated - Aug. 20, 2014
Exciting updates are coming to Blue Mound library patrons as the library prepares to switch to an automated book system. Library Director Brenda Curtis explained that up until this point, books have been checked in and out of the library manually. The automated system, set to go live Sept. 17,...[More]
Kansas state librarian to visit Linn County - Aug. 20, 2014
State Librarian Jo Budler will soon visit Parker, La Cygne and Pleasanton libraries, Tuesday, Aug. 26. Budler has been visiting libraries across the state for several years in an effort to learn from local librarians and staff members. “I learn so much from them,” she explained. “What...[More]
Linn County Rodeo again a stop for the Kansas Championship Rodeo Series - Aug. 20, 2014
The Linn County Rodeo is one of the biggest events in Linn County every year and it is also one of the biggest rodeo events for the entire state of Kansas each year. This year marked the seventh year of the Kansas Championship Rodeo Series and the Linn County Fair PRCA Rodeo has been one of the 14 rodeos...[More]