BonnerSprings.com / Shawn Linenberger

Shawn has been with The Mirror since 2001 and is the news editor.

Recent stories

Pie-eating contest draws sweet-tooth contestants: By Shawn Linenberger; August 17, 2010; Iommi Paulsen hadn’t been planning to compete Saturday at the Leavenworth County Fair
Fair entries run gamut for Hoge sisters of Reno Bobwhites: By Shawn Linenberger; August 12, 2010; A member of the Hoge family is a fashion designer.
Leavenworth County Fair 2010: Fair entries run gamut for Hoge sisters of Reno Bobwhites: By Shawn Linenberger; August 10, 2010; A member of the Hoge family is a fashion designer.
Leavenworth County Fair starts Monday, parade through downtown Tuesday: By Shawn Linenberger; August 3, 2010; Week of activities in Tonganoxie
Three-year-old continues strong recovery from barn gate accident: By Shawn Linenberger; July 22, 2010; Brooklyn Sickman, 3, plays with a dollhouse alongside older sister, Saryn Hernandez, who is 13.
Shawnee woman in serious condition after accident: By Shawn Linenberger; July 19, 2010; A Shawnee woman was in serious condition Monday at an area hospital following a Friday accident in southern Leavenworth County.
Leavenworth County attorney warning about asphalt company scamming elderly residents: By Shawn Linenberger; July 2, 2010; The Leavenworth County attorney is warning Leavenworth County residents to be on the lookout for a fly-by-night asphalt company that already has scammed a few elderly Leavenworth residents.
Fort Leavenworth pays final respects to fallen soldier: Services take place for Army Col. John M. McHugh; By Shawn Linenberger; May 27, 2010; Bagpipe chords of “Amazing Grace” played in the early afternoon Thursday at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery as a faint wind rustled two rows of American flags.
Flooding forces road closures near Easton; flood, river warnings still in effect: By Shawn Linenberger; May 13, 2010; Moderate flooding near Easton has forced closure of roads there.
Ross Perot addresses students, helps open center: By Shawn Linenberger; April 29, 2010; H. Ross Perot said he’s been asked why immigrants settled in his home state of Texas.

Recent photos

Sisters Destiny (left) and Mable Mestagh, rural McLouth, are involved in several projects in 4-H, but they’re most involved in horses, which they will be showing Monday at the Leavenworth County Fair in Tonganoxie.

Sisters Destiny Mestagh and Mable Mestagh, rural McLouth, are involved in several projects in 4-H, but they’re most involved in horses, which they will be showing Monday at the Leavenworth County Fair in Tonganoxie.

From left, Kansas City Royals catcher Brayan Pena, Army Chief Warrant Officer Michael McHugh and his sisters Kelly and Kristen leave the pitcher's mound at Kauffman Stadium after Michael threw the first pitch Tuesday before the Kansas City-Texas game to honor their father, Col. John McHugh. Col. McHugh died May 18 in Kabul, Afghanistan from wounds suffered from a car bomb explosion. McHugh, assigned to the Battle Command Training Program at Fort Leavenworth, was deployed on a NATO mission. Michael is home on leave from a deployment in Iraq where he serves as a medical evacuation pilot. His unit with the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade is based out of Fort Riley.