Mary Ellen Cochran ~ 12-27-1938 to 06-04-2024 - Jun. 11, 2024
Linn County News Published June 12, 2024 Mary Ellen Cochran, age 85, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away on June 4, 2024. Funeral Service was held at 1 p.m., Saturday, June 8, 2024, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Visitation was held from 12 p.m. to service time....[More]
Lola Belle Adams ~ 08-23-1928 to 06-05-2024 - Jun. 6, 2024
Linn County News Published June 12, 2024 Lola Belle Adams, age 95, Mound City, Kan., passed away Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Graveside funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Monday, June 10, 2024, at the Wesley Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to departure for the cemetery...[More]
Deann Eilene Cobbs ~ 09-12-1969 to 05-31-2024 - Jun. 5, 2024
Linn County News Published June 12, 2024 Deann Eilene Cobbs, age 54, Garnett, Kan., passed away Friday, May 31, 2024. She was born on Sept. 12, 1969, in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Larry and Rosemary Stuart Norbury. She graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School in the...[More]
Prairie View baseball and softball receive All League honors - Jun. 5, 2024
The 2024 Pioneer League All League baseball and softball teams were announced recently and the Buffalos were represented in both sports. In baseball senior Gabe Murillo earned second team All League honors. Murillo was the senior leader on the team and was one of the team’s best pitchers, fielders...[More]
Jayhawk Linn baseball and softball earn All League and All State honors - Jun. 5, 2024
The Jayhawk Linn baseball and softball teams earned Three Rivers League All League honors this year as both sports had representatives. The boys had one player in senior Bryton Spencer make All League. He also made the Kansas 2-1A All State team as an honorable mention. Spencer made All State as a middle...[More]
Billing for jail over $500,000 at five month mark - Jun. 5, 2024
A billing release from Linn County Sheriff Kevin Friend shows the total billing for the jail for 2024 as of the end of May to be at $580,307. 58. The image shared with this article shows the billing for each individual month so far in 2024, with March showing the most income at $160,729.49, due to a...[More]
Primary election will feature contested GOP posts - Jun. 5, 2024
Races will occur for Commission districts, sheriff, attorney Following Monday’s noon state filing deadline, Republican primaries on Aug. 6 will feature contests for the two Linn County Commission district seats up for election this year, as well as for countywide elected posts for sheriff...[More]
Jayhawk Blast 2024 set for this Saturday - Jun. 5, 2024
Jayhawk Blast, the annual celebration for the city of Mound City, is set for this coming Saturday, June 8 and will kick off with a fishing derby at the Mound City Lake, 11001 W. 750 Road, with four age groups: 5 and under, 6-10, 11-14- and 15-18. Registration for the fishing derby begins at 9 a.m. with...[More]
Resident, business owner speak on road issues - Jun. 5, 2024
Commissioners called out on inability to ‘get it together’ During the June 3 meeting of the Linn County Commissioners road work across the county once again was the main subject. The discussions began with Public Works administrator Shaun West noting the $370,000 grant for the chip...[More]
BULLY PULPIT - Jun. 5, 2024
Lawfare A new term, maybe not to some, but to many of us has come to the forefront; that word is lawfare. Wikipedia explains that “Lawfare is the use of legal systems and institutions to damage or delegitimize an opponent, or to deter an individual’s usage of their legal rights. The term...[More]
