Prairie View football sets multiple school and individual records - Dec. 4, 2024
The Prairie View football team had a great season this year. They finished with an 8-3 record and were both 3A District and Regional champions. With such success multiple records were set this season on both a team and individual level. Here are those individual and team records according to the Prairie...[More]
Hume teams lose openers at Appleton City - Dec. 4, 2024
When your teams graduate four 1,000-point career scorers, a rebuild is to be expected. And that’s the case at Missouri border neighbor Hume. Well, kinda. Yes, Hume’s boys graduated cousins Beriah and Bryson Morrison, Beriah now in Kansas City, Mo.’s, Avila University hoops program...[More]
SPECIAL: Lamb resigns County Clerk position - Dec. 3, 2024
Linn County County Clerk David Lamb announced his intent to resign his position in January; that despite his original words to voters that he’d stay in the position for two years until he could train a replacement. A press release was received over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend that Lamb...[More]
Cynthia Eileen “Cindy” Staton ~ 03-31-1957 to 11-26-2024 - Dec. 3, 2024
Linn County News Published December 4, 2024 Cynthia Eileen “Cindy” Staton, age 67, Prescott, Kan., passed away Nov. 26, 2024. She was born on March 31, 1957, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of James Willaim and Jean Rae Long Mayhugh. She graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School...[More]
Deputy extinguishes fire at Prairie View - Nov. 27, 2024
Sheriff Akes, “There’s heroes all around us.” What was dispatched as a fire at 1095 and 2400 Roads last Friday, Nov. 22 turned out to be a grill fire in the Vo-Ag room at Prairie View High School. With that, SRO Linn County Deputy Kyler Parscale was called into action. Parscale...[More]
Commissioners meet with city representatives on compactor sites - Nov. 27, 2024
Linn County Commissioners met with representatives of the cities of La Cygne and Pleasanton during their meeting on Monday, Nov. 25 to discuss the possibility of acquiring new agreements with those municipalities in regards to their local compactor sites. The compactor sites have been a topic of discussion...[More]
Pleasanton Council discusses compactor agreement - Nov. 27, 2024
The Pleasanton Council met Monday, Nov. 25 for their regular bi-weekly meeting and discussed the meeting their city attorney Jacklyn Paletta had with the Linn County Commissioners concerning trash compactors earlier in the day. Paletta said, “From my understanding, the county wants an updated...[More]
Castles selected as Farm Bureau Family of the Year - Nov. 27, 2024
Eric and April Castle and their family reside just south of Pleasanton and are known locally for their meat production. Recently, they were named as the Linn County Farm Bureau Farm Family of the Year and were subsequently selected as one of ten Farm Bureau Farm Families, chosen by region, across...[More]
Powells named BC Farm Bureau Farm Family of the Year - Nov. 27, 2024
Zach, Abbie, Jacksen, Masen and Colter Powell reside in rural Mapleton, Kan., not far from the Linn County line. For those in 4-H or associated with the Linn County Fair, Abbie Powell is a familiar face as she currently serves as the Marais des Cygnes Extension District Director, Ag & Natural Resources...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Nov. 27, 2024
The wall Well, things are getting interesting – to say the least. Dem’s brains keep blowing up; the border crisis seems to go over their heads. What part of illegal immigrant don’t they understand – and further, criminal illegal immigrant. Texas, and their governor...[More]
