Several agencies were called for assistance after a man brought an explosive device he found while cleaning out a building to the Webb City Police Department on Wednesday morning.  more

KDOT said in a press release Tuesday that staffing shortages continue to affect the agency, with not enough snowplow operators in many areas. more

Area residents and visitors will have the chance to learn to make signature cocktails and snack pairings for any holiday event on Nov. 18 at Miners Hall Museum in Franklin. more

Voters in several states have received tailored text messages recently, informing them of the location of their polling place on Nov. 8. Unfortunately, some of these texts were sent with out-of-date information, directing voters to the wrong polling place, and in one instance in Crawford County, gave the location of the ballot drop box in front of the Judicial Center in Pittsburg.  more

The Southeast Kansas Humane Society is currently hosting its 2nd annual Paws For A Cause virtual auction. Bidding opened Tuesday and continues until noon on Saturday, Nov. 5.  more

Several musical opportunities open to the campus and the community are coming up in November at PSU. Four events are free, while three are ticketed.   more

Thanks to a federal grant program, Southeast Kansas electric car drivers may be getting a new place to charge their vehicles in the near future.  more

Since 1984, motorcyclists in the area have been gathering on the first weekend of November to perform an unofficial parade that ends at the Salvation Army, where the bikers deliver toys for the charity organization’s annual Toy Box campaign. more

After months of teasing Pittsburg residents with its “coming soon” sign, Marshalls, an off-price retail store, will have its grand opening from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, at 2905 N. Broadway in Pittsburg.   more

The community center in Chicopee celebrated its 100th anniversary Saturday. More than 80 guests attended as local historian Jerry Lomshek presented a brief history of the building.   more

U.S. Senate Candidate Mark Holland has announced he will be in Parsons on Thursday, Nov. 3, to meet voters from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Wall Event Center, 2605 Main St. more

In preparation for Halloween, law enforcement in Cherokee County recently conducted a county-wide offender compliance operation.  more

Editor’s note: With two constitutional amendments on the Nov. 8 election ballot, in the interest of keeping local voters informed, the Morning Sun is publishing the explanatory statements for the proposed amendments as they will appear on the ballot, along with the language of the amendments. more

Photos from the Graveyard Get-Down held in the alley between the Pittsburg Public Library and City Hall on Halloween.  more

Last week the Pittsburg Noon Kiwanis club welcomed special guest Makhprat Abdulleava, a senior teacher and researcher from Avlonyi Institute in Uzbekistan, who is in one of the Fulbright residents and scholars here to attend a mini three-week course from the Human Resource Development (HRD) program at Pittsburg State University’s College of Technology.   more

An area man turned himself in at the Pittsburg Police Department on Monday following a hit-and-run incident in which a local woman was seriously injured last week.  more

Pittsburg State University Library Services will honor PSU authors during the 39th Annual University Authors Reception on Nov. 3 on the first floor of Leonard H. Axe Library.    more

Major Kellie Triplett, a Pittsburg native who went on to a varied and impactful career in the U.S. Army and as a veterinarian, will be the keynote speaker at PSU’s Veterans Day ceremony.   more