Journal Staff Report

Wade Booth Journal staff report PLEASANTON – Wade Booth, the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Pleasanton, was taken into custody by the Pleasanton Police Department on Monday, Aug. 31, on several charges related to alleged sexual contact with a child under 18 years old. Booth, 70, remains in custody in the Linn County jail on $750,000 bond. Charges against Booth, according to the Linn County Sheriff's Office inmate log, include alleged aggravated incest, lewd fondling with a relative...

Jennifer Day, candidate for the Kansas Secretary of State office, is holding a meet-and-greet event at F&M Bank Community Building on Wednesday, August 12, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. (Journal file photo) Journal staff report MOUND CITY – Jennifer Day, the Democratic candidate for the Kansas Secretary of State office, will be hosting a meet-and-greet at the F&M Bank Community Building on Wednesday, August 12, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided. Day (D-Mission) won the primary...

Dave Trabert, CEO of the Kansas Policy Institute, is scheduled to speak on the county budget on Wednesday, August 12, at the 4-H Building on the Mound City fairgrounds. (Kansas Policy Institute website graphic) Journal staff report MOUND CITY – David Trabert, CEO of the Wichita-based Kansas Policy Institute (KPI), will be making a second appearance in Linn County this year in a talk Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the 4-H Building on the Mound City fairgrounds, 8510 Kansas Highway 7. It starts at...