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Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. East wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 4am, then a chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 63. East wind 5 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

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County moves to stop power lines from Missouri solar project

The Linn County Commission on Tuesday, May 26, approved a resolution intended to keep power lines from a solar development project in Missouri from connecting with the La Cygne Generating Station's grid. (Journal file photo) By Charlene Sims, Journal staff LCJeditor@icloud.com MOUND CITY - During public comment at the Linn County Commission meeting on Tuesday, May 26, the commissioners heard public comment from Melissa Vancrum, an attorney representing Clearway Energies. Afte

Charlene Sims, Journal staff

Commission approves moratorium on high voltage lines from Missouri

With two of the three commissioners present, the Linn County Commission has approved a moratorium on high voltage power lines. The lines target the lines coming from a solar farm in Missouri into Kansas. (Stock photo by Andrey Metelev / Upsplash) By Charlene Sims, Journal staff LCJeditor@icloud.com MOUND CITY – With just two commissioners in attendance and no county counselor available, Linn County Commissioners Alison Hamilton and Jim Johnson voted to approve a temporary mor

Charlene Sims, Journal staff

Deadline for filing for federal, state, county office is June 1

Deadline to file for political office and township offices is Monday, June 1, at noon. (Wix file photo) By Roger Sims, Journal staff linncountyjournal@icloud.com MOUND CITY – With the noon filing deadline on Monday, June 1, less than five business days away, the list of candidates for several state and federal offices is growing longer in some but not all cases. Several candidates who are running campaigns have not formally filed with the Kansas Secretary of State’s office in

Roger Sims, Journal Staff

'Bare-ground' spraying for noxious weeds a focus of commission discussion

Linn County resorted to "bare--ground" herbicide treatment of ditches around culverts last year. Johnny Taylor, county noxious weed director, said that his department resorted to that after the mowing crew was short-handed and experienced equipment problems that kept them from keeping Johnson grass and other weeds in check. This photo was taken of a ditch on 2100 Road east of Gireau Road. (Journal file photo) By Charlene Sims, Journal staff LCJeditor@icloud.com MOUND CITY – T

Charlene Sims, Journal staff

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• George W. Ernst

• Ruth Ellen Stainbrook

• Henry “Hank” Boedicker

• William “Bill” Good

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La Cygne pool opening delayed, payments for lessons, rentals being accepted

Lifeguards are hired and the La Cygne pool is set to open – as soon as repairs can be completed. City officials hope the work is complete so that the pool will open by sometime next week. (La Cygne Swimming Pool Facebook) Journal staff report LA CYGNE – Originally slated to open this Saturday, May 30, the La Cygne city swimming pool now won’t open until sometime the following week because of needed repairs that became evident as workers were preparing the pool for the summer

Journal Staff Report

Mound City's large turnout at fishing derby, new fishing pond kick off summer activities

The new fishing pond at Mound City features a gazebo, accessibility for handicapped anglers and a horse-show shape to provide plenty of shoreline. After recent rains, the pond is at its peak capacity. (Photo by Roger Sims / Linn County Journal) By Roger Sims Journal staff MOUND CITY – More than 200 people, including about 70 young anglers turned out for the 2026 Mound City fishing derby at the city lake west of the city on Saturday, May 16. It was one of the best turnouts yet

Roger Sims, Journal Staff

Annual Prescott Memorial Day service honors veteran

The family of the late Irvin Endecott gathers for a photo at the ceremony. A plaque honoring Endecott's service will hang in the Prescott City Hall. (Submitted photo) Reporting by Raquel Beltz Special to the Journal PRESCOTT – Area residents and family members gathered at Prescott City Hall on Saturday , May 23, for the Prescott Memorial Day Service of Remembrance that is held every year. James and Raquel Beltz coordinate the service each year, and Raquel presided over the e

Special to the Journal

La Cygne Memorial Day service focuses on honoring veterans

La Cygne-area residents join in singing "God Bless America" led by Bill Foil, right. Dozens attended the Memorial Day service Monday morning at Oaklawn Cemetery. (Photos by Roger Sims / Linn County Journal) LA CYGNE – Dozens of area residents gathered for the Memorial Day service at Oaklawn Cemetery on Monday, May 25, in a tribute to veterans both living and those who had made the ultimate sacrifice. David Houston was master of ceremonies for the event that featured a speech

Roger Sims, Journal Staff

City Events

La Cygne

• La Cygne Library Block Party on Broadway, begins at noon, Friday, May 29

• La Cygne swimming pool opening delayed, possibly by June 3 (see story)

Linn Valley

Mound City

• City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 2

Parker

• Citywide garage sale, May 30

Pleasanton

• City Council meeting, Monday, June 1, 6 p.m.

• Fishing Derby, Saturday, June 6, Stegge Lake

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Kids 1-18 can show up and get a box of food each Thursday. A parent or guardian needs to bring children first time and they will get a pickup card they can use to pickup after that without children with them.

Matters of Faith by Dr. Bascom Ratliff
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Country Notebook by Rogene 'Jeannie' McPherson
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Opinion: Kansas kids are ‘sliding into silence.’ Let’s talk about why they are chatting less.

Our columnist asks you to “consider it a cultural public service that you are listening to me and my nonsense” when he tries to talk to you (Illustration by Eric Thomas for Kansas Reflector) By Eric Thomas Kansas Reflector In the flotsam of things I read each week — academic research, online news, sports stories and fiction — one tidbit can get naggily lodged in my thoughts. This week, the splinter in my mind is titled “Sliding Into Silence? We Are Speaking 300 Daily Words Fe

Max McCoy, Kansas Reflector

Opinion: Does Claude dream of electric gavels? A federal case with Kansas connections sets an AI precedent.

An April 2022 photo of the newly opened office of Beneficient, a Kansas financial institution described as being a “pawn shop” for the rich. (Photo by Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector) By Max McCoy Kansas Reflector Brad Heppner is guilty. That’s what a New York City jury decided recently. But the legacy of Heppner’s federal case is likely not to be his conviction, but the judge’s landmark opinion that AI legal advice isn’t privileged like attorney-client communication. I had hoped

Max McCoy, Kansas Reflector

Opinion: Journal publisher asks better cooperation from county

The Linn County Journal sent out this tornado watch notice on its mass email network on April 13 before the storm began rotating over Blue Mound. As soon as the National Weather Service noted rotation and issued a tornado warning, the Journal issued an email warning. The following is the transcript of testimony by Linn County Journal publisher Roger Sims at the May 4 Linn County Commission meeting: "During (the April 27) commission meeting, there was considerable discussion a

Roger Sims, Publisher

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Linn Valley farmers' market opens for the season

Brooke Clearwater's baked goods sold well on the first Saturday morning of the Linn Valley farmers market. By 11 a.m. she was down to a few cookies and a couple loaves of bread. (Photos by Roger Sims / Linn County Journal) By Roger Sims Journal staff LINN VALLEY – It is still a little early for many locally grown vegetables, but the farmers' market for the Linn Valley community got under way on Saturday, May 23. And while the lone vegetable producer supplemented her selection

Roger Sims, Journal Staff

Quilt guild to raffle patriotic quilt, discusses group excursion

By Meribeth Kehl Guild secretary The Materials Girls quilt guild met on Thursday, May 21, at the F&M Bank Community Building in Mound City with 20 members and two visitors attending. The visitors joined and membership has reached 29. Patriotic raffle quilt blocks have been turned in. Denise Jurgens will set the blocks together and quilt. Raffle tickets will be available soon at $5 each or five for $20. The quilt will be shown at several events, including at Mound City Histori

Meribeth Kehl, secretary

Commentary: A Kansas memorial lists 15 Black soldiers killed during the Civil War. Their lives are a mystery.

This memorial at Fort Scott National Cemetery commemorates the 15 Black soldiers killed in May 1863 near Sherwood, Missouri. (Photo by Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector) By Max McCoy Kansas Reflector FORT SCOTT — At the national cemetery there is peace. There is no news to report, no current affairs to parse, no urgent interview requests awaiting any of the 8,000 inhabitants. All the battles have been fought, the costs tallied, the names and the dates etched into marble stones 13 in

Max McCoy, Kansas Reflector

Pleasanton attorney resigns, council votes down appointment of police chief, administrator

Pleasanton City Council member Sandy Haynes, center, explains her position on a vote at the city council meeting on Monday, May 4. City Attorney Jacklyn Paletta, left, resigned her post effective immediately after the council failed to vote on her reappointment by Mayor Mathew Young. (Photo by Roger Sims / Linn County Journal) By Roger Sims, Journal staff linncountyjournal@icloud.com PLEASANTON – It was a Monday night "massacre" Pleasanton-style earlier this week. The Pleasan

Roger Sims, Journal Staff

Commission split on hiring former county clerk to help with 2027 budget

Darcy Wilson and David Lamb, former Linn County Clerk's office officials at a county commission meeting in 2025. The county commission on April 27 approved a request by current Clerk Chasity Ware to hire Lamb to help her with the 2027 budget. Wilson now works in the Miami County Clerk's office. (Photo by Roger Sims / Linn County Journal) By Charlene Sims, Journal staff LCJeditor@iclould.com MOUND CITY – On a 2-to-1 vote taken on April 27, the Linn County Commission hired form

Charlene Sims, Journal staff

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State, Regional & National News

Kansas legislative leaders approve extended monitoring of three residents exposed to hantavirus

Will Lawrence, Gov. Laura Kelly’s chief of staff, speaks to the Legislative Coordinating Council about extending an emergency declaration related to hantavirus during a May 26, 2026, meeting. (Photo by Baya Burgess / Kansas Reflector) By Sherman Smith Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — Kansas legislative leaders on Tuesday approved the governor’s request to extend an emergency declaration in response to three residents who are being monitored for a potential hantavirus infection. Will

Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Five of six Kansas public universities seek student tuition increases of 3.5% to 6%

The Kansas Board of Regents is scheduled to vote in June on tuition proposals for the 2026-2027 academic year at public universities in the state's higher education system. While Emporia State University wants to hold tuition flat, requested increases range from a low of 3.5% at Pittsburg State University to a high of 6% at Fort Hays State University. (Photo by Tim Carpenter / Kansas Reflector) By Tim Carpenter Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — Five public universities in Kansas are

Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Four Kansas school districts plan legal action against state for underfunding public education

Scott Rothschild of the Kansas Association of School Boards wears a button advocating for full funding of special education during a 2023 hearing of the House Education Committee. Four school districts now want to sue Kansas for inadequate funding of special education. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) By Baya Burgess Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — Four Johnson County public school districts want to sue the state of Kansas for more than 15 years of inadequate special education fund

Kansas Reflector

Kansas abortion rights advocate hoping for encore defeat of constitutional amendment in August vote

Sandy Brown, president of the Kansas Abortion Fund, answers questions for the Kansas Reflector podcast during a May 8, 2026, interview at her Lawrence home. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) By Sherman Smith Kansas Reflector LAWRENCE — Kansas Abortion Fund president Sandy Brown wants Kansans to show up in August and repeat their 2022 decision to defeat a constitutional amendment that could upend abortion rights in the state. Four years ago, voters by a 59-41 margin de

Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

Moody’s upgrades Kansas credit rating to ‘positive,’ reigniting political debate at Capitol

Moody’s Investors Service, a credit evaluation company, raised Kansas’ rating from stable to positive. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and Republican House Speaker Dan Hawkins offer reasons to claim responsibility for the upgrade. (Photo by Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector) By Tim Carpenter Kansas Reflector TOPEKA — The state of Kansas’ credit rating upgrade from stable to positive by a leading financial research firm set off a scramble among politicians claiming responsibility for

Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

Commission appoints interim fire chief, emergency director

Linda Simons and Brian Shroyer were at the Linn County Commission meeting on Monday, April 27, to express interest in being appointed to interim heads of their departments. Simons will take over as head of the Emergency Management Department and Shroyer will be interim county fire chief. (Screen capture / Linn County Kansas Livestream) Editor's note: In the original version of this story, Linda Simons' new salary was reported in correctly. We regret the error. By Charlene Sim

Charlene Sims, Journal staff

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Top Stories

County moves to stop power lines from Missouri solar project

Commission approves moratorium on high voltage lines from Missouri

Deadline for filing for federal, state, county office is June 1

'Bare-ground' spraying for noxious weeds a focus of commission discussion

For recent local news, go to page 4 by clicking here.

La Cygne pool opening delayed, payments for lessons, rentals being accepted

Mound City's large turnout at fishing derby, new fishing pond kick off summer activities

Annual Prescott Memorial Day service honors veteran

La Cygne Memorial Day service focuses on honoring veterans

City Events

La Cygne

Linn Valley

Mound City

• City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 2

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Parker

Pleasanton

Kids 1-18 can show up and get a box of food each Thursday. A parent or guardian needs to bring children first time and they will get a pickup card they can use to pickup after that without children with them.

Matters of Faith by Dr. Bascom Ratliff For more Matters of Faith columns, follow this link.

Country Notebook by Rogene 'Jeannie' McPherson For Country Notebook articles follow this link.

Opinion: Kansas kids are ‘sliding into silence.’ Let’s talk about why they are chatting less.

Opinion: Does Claude dream of electric gavels? A federal case with Kansas connections sets an AI precedent.

Opinion: Journal publisher asks better cooperation from county

More Local News

Linn Valley farmers' market opens for the season

Quilt guild to raffle patriotic quilt, discusses group excursion

Commentary: A Kansas memorial lists 15 Black soldiers killed during the Civil War. Their lives are a mystery.

Pleasanton attorney resigns, council votes down appointment of police chief, administrator

Commission split on hiring former county clerk to help with 2027 budget

For recent local news, go to page 4 by clicking here.

State, Regional & National News

Kansas legislative leaders approve extended monitoring of three residents exposed to hantavirus

Five of six Kansas public universities seek student tuition increases of 3.5% to 6%

Four Kansas school districts plan legal action against state for underfunding public education

Kansas abortion rights advocate hoping for encore defeat of constitutional amendment in August vote

Moody’s upgrades Kansas credit rating to ‘positive,’ reigniting political debate at Capitol

Commission appoints interim fire chief, emergency director

For recent local news, go to page 4 by clicking here.

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Matters of Faith by Dr. Bascom Ratliff
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Country Notebook by Rogene 'Jeannie' McPherson
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