Roger Sims, Journal Staff

The chorus line performs a song-and-dance number in the opening moments of Prairie View's production of Give My Regards to Broadway on Friday, Nov. 14. (Photos by Roger Sims / Linn County Journal) By Roger Sims rsims@linncountyjournal.com It was obvious that the cast and crew worked long and hard (two-and-a-half months) to polish last week’s presentation of Give My Regards to Broadway , a musical written by Shubert Fendrich with music and lyrics by George M. Cohan. The set was spare for the...

By Roger Sims rsims@linncountyjournal.com LA CYGNE – Chris Johnson was doing a cursory check of the abstract for the tax statement in the Paola newspaper last week. As superintendent of Prairie View USD 362 with more than 2,000 tax-paying properties in Miami County as well as thousands more in Linn County, Johnson was doing a double-check on the tax levy posted by the Miami County Clerk for her school district. To her dismay, though, she discovered the mill levy listed was not only incorrect,...

By Roger Sims rsims@linncountyjournal.com LA CYGNE – In an off-year general election that had no one filing to run for three open La Cygne City Council seats, it appears that three men have received the most votes. However, those three have until early January to decide whether they want the job or not, according to City Clerk Jodi Wade. Linn County Commissioner Jason Hightower and two proxy delegates appointed for commissioners Jim Johnson and Alison Hamilton, who were not able to attend,...