Roger Sims, Journal Staff

(Warning: this video is noisy. Consider turning down your volume before playing.) The La Cygne Public Works Department ran a machine called the Asphalt Zipper to crush a deteriorating roadbed on Fifth Street in a demonstration. After the surface is chopped up, it is stabilized with concrete or an admixture, rolled and then topped with cold patch asphalt mix until a more stable road surface is applied. (Video by Roger Sims / Linn County Journal) By Roger Sims, Journal staff...

Members of the American Legion were the grand marshals of the Blue Mound July 4th parade. District Adjutant Marri Krupco called area posts and invited them to join members of the Blue Mound-based Mooney-Long Post No. 279. Joining them was members of the Commanders, the newly formed Linn County American Legion baseball team. Click on arrows for slide show, and click on photos for full-size image. (Photo by Roger Sims / Linn County Journal) By Roger Sims, Journal staff...

Work is expected to be underway quickly on this duplex on North Seventh Street Court in northeastern La Cygne. Fire damage to the structure in April opened up a host of safety issues with the house. (Journal file photo) By Roger Sims, Journal staff linncountyjournal.com LA CYGNE – At the La Cygne City Council meeting on Wednesday, July 1, Tony Lenci, a fire restoration contractor with Kansas City, Mo.-based Hazpro, and Andrea Kincaid, who represents the property owner Casey Kincaid, met with...