The 2023-2024 high school basketball season is concluded and it is time for the annual season honors.
The Three Rivers League announced their All League selections for boys’ basketball and both Pleasanton and Jayhawk players made the teams.
Pleasanton had two players make TRL All League, senior Tony Gillespie and sophomore Mario Davis both made the first team.
SPORTS
Linn County Twisters have six place at State
The Linn County Twisters traveled to Topeka on March 8-10 to compete in the USAWKS 2024 State Wrestling Championship. The Twisters had 16 wrestlers compete in the event with six bringing home State medals. Shawna Case, HS Girls 155, placed third and scored 21 team points.... [More]
Four wrestlers place at State for Jayhawk Wrestling Club
The Jayhawk Wrestling Club traveled to Topeka from March 8-10 to compete in the USAWKS 2024 State Championship. The Hawks had four wrestlers place and receive medals. Margaret Earnest, 8U Girls 80, placed second and scored 23 team points. Earnest won her first two matches... [More]
More Sports
- Prairie View girls basketball falls in semifinals at Sub-State
- Jayhawk girls’ basketball makes Sub-State semifinals
- Prairie View wrestling sends four to State and comes back with two medals
- Jayhawk boys’ wrestling comes home with three State medals
- Jayhawk boys' wrestling win Eureka Regional and qualify seven for State
- Prairie View boys' wrestling sends two to State
- Pleasanton girls' and boys' basketball goes 1-2 during Courtwarming week
- Jayhawk girls go 2-0 during Courtwarming week while boys go 0-2
NEWS
Linn County Planning Commission moves forward to ban commercial solar
Meeting for their regular monthly meeting Tuesday, March 12, the Linn County Planning Commission discussed commercial solar after hearing from opponent Mark Briggs who was given five minutes to address the nine member board. Briggs recounted responses the anti-solar group... [More]
Creating a healthier park with fire
Prescribed fire planned Fort Scott – Park managers at Fort Scott National Historic Site, in coordination with Fire Managers at the US Fish and Wildlife Service from Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge, plan to burn the five-acre restored prairie... [More]
La Cygne patrons defend departed chief
Fenoughty’s resignation was accepted on Feb. 28 More than 50 persons, nine of them speakers, appeared at La Cygne’s regular council meeting last Wednesday to ask for Tina Fenoughty’s reinstatement. Fenoughty, the city’s police chief and animal... [More]
More News
- Commissioners discuss county counselor’s position
- County and landowner work together on issues with road near feedlot
- Opponents of industrial solar show solidarity in P&Z forum
- County counselor resigns position amid contract issue
- USD 362 to study childcare feasibility
- Sunday fires call out all stations
- Public comment results in a call for recall and termination
- La Cygne sets abatement hearings
COMMUNITY
JLHS store program wins Stahl Scholarship package
STAHLS’ Company recently announced the 2023 fourth quarter winners of the Stahl Family Scholarship, celebrating entrepreneurial spirit and one of the two winners was Terri Gentry, a teacher at Jayhawk Linn High School, and her spirit wear store crew comprised of students.... [More]
JLHS art students taking part in worldwide project
In recent weeks art students under the direction of instructor Dawn Carlson at Jayhawk Linn have been working on a special assignment; taking part in a specific program called The Memory Project. According to the website for the project, the Memory Project is a youth arts organization... [More]
Pleasanton Library Board President receives award from Kansas Library System
Pleasanton Library received a visit from the Southeast Kansas Library System. This visit from the System Consultant, April Hernandez, and the System Director, Sharon Moreland, was to present the SEKLS Trustee of Excellence Award to the Board President, Stephanie Brown. Over... [More]
More Community
- Celebrating the New Year
- A project of passion and prayer
- Blu Jay Winter Clothing Exchange set for Dec. 9
- Maynerd’s owners start Feed Linn County initiative
- Hope for Heroes: Aiding veterans in Southeast Kansas
- Homelessness: A look at the legal side of the issue
- Homelessness: No longer just an urban issue
- PVHS Band receives I rating at Baker University Marching Festival