Phyllis Sybil Colbert ~ 11-23-1935 to 03-28-2025 - Apr. 8, 2025
Linn County News Published April 9, 2025 Phyllis Sybil Colbert, age 89, passed away Friday, March 28, 2025. She was born on Nov. 23, 1935, in Ball Ground, Ga., the daughter of William and Marcia White Johnson. She attended Reinhardt College in Waleska, Ga., and went on to attend Massey Business...[More]
Parker may reconsider police presence - Apr. 2, 2025
March 24 workshop discussion opens door to reinstatement Open discussion during a March 24 Parker council workshop is leaving the door open to reinstating its police department. Called for the purpose of studying city budget concerns, the workshop focused on the police department, which had...[More]
PWWSD13 explains rate increase - Apr. 2, 2025
Infrastructure in need of repair Approximately 18 years ago, the Public Wholesale Water Supply District 13 (PWWSD) went online and began supplying water to 12 districts, several in Linn County. Now that plant is in drastic need of upgrades and the PWWSD13 board was forced to increase rates to...[More]
Pleasanton to hold town hall on eliminating city fire department - Apr. 2, 2025
Fear of homeowner insurance increases prompts discussion – special meeting April 28 With a Linn County Rural Fire Department mutual aid agreement on the agenda at Monday’s Pleasanton City Council meeting, Councilwoman Angelina Randall passed out a packet of information concerning...[More]
Commissioners hear from energy company on possible plans - Apr. 2, 2025
During the March 31 meeting, the Linn County Commissioners heard a presentation by representatives of Spearmint Energy regarding possible future plans for a battery storage facility for the purpose of storing energy in containers. Blake Johnson, a representative of the company, said they were reaching...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Apr. 2, 2025
Kansas Supreme Court justices now face voters Kansas voters got a taste of what a bar-selected Kansas Supreme Court was all about when they had the opportunity to vote in 2022 on the Value Them Both Kansas abortion referendum; a referendum that came into being after what was described as a rogue Kansas...[More]
Prairie View softball starts season 3-1 - Apr. 2, 2025
The Prairie View softball team started their season last week with a home double header against Jayhawk Linn on March 25 and then traveled to Columbus for another double header on March 27. The Lady Buffs went 3-1 in that stretch with two victories over Jayhawk, 12-2 and 16-2, and a split against Columbus,...[More]
Pleasanton baseball opens season 2-2 against Oswego and Crest - Apr. 2, 2025
The Pleasanton baseball team opened their season against Three Rivers foes Oswego and Crest. The Jays traveled to Oswego on March 24 and hosted Crest on March 27. Pleasanton swept Crest in two games, 22-5 and 16-6, and lost to Crest in two games, 1-16 and 7-17. In the first game against Oswego the...[More]
Jayhawk softball starts season 3-3 - Apr. 2, 2025
Jayhawk Linn started their 2025 season this past week and it was a busy week. First, they traveled to Northeast Arma on March 24 and swept the Vikings in two games, 13-0 and 12-6. Next, they traveled to Prairie View on March 25 and lost both those games, 2-12 and 1-16. Finally, they hosted Osawatomie...[More]
Joseph Francis “Mr. Joe” Cunningham ~ 03-17-1967 to 03-31-2025 - Apr. 1, 2025
Linn County News Published April 2, 2025 Joseph Francis “Mr. Joe” Cunningham III, passed away Monday, March 31, 2025. A gathering to celebrate Joe’s life will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 6, 2025, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Mound City Chapel. ...[More]
