Beginning Tuesday, June 14, 260th Street from 160 Highway to 126 Highway will be closed to through traffic for railroad crossing repairs.   more

Rain Wheeler, left, and River Wheeler show the shells they used to make their necklaces on Maker Monday at the Pittsburg Public Library. This week the library provided beads, shells, and real shark … more

PITTSBURG, Kan. — Having just arrived back in Pittsburg on Sunday, Dr. Daniel Shipp spent his first official day as Pittsburg State president settling in to his new surroundings and meeting with … more

Pittsburg Beautiful is proud to announce the winners for June. These locations include 711 Normal St., 2702 S. Taylor, and 212 S. Broadway. more

Last week Live well Crawford County partnered with Pittsburg Parks and Recreation as well as Pittsburg Area Young Professionals to submit a grant application through the Pritchett Trust. more

Just after 11 p.m. on Saturday, June 4, Cherokee County sheriff's deputies encountered a Missouri couple at a vacant rural Galena home, which had been burglarized earlier in the week.   more

When Jerri Moore found out her boyfriend, Kevin Washington, needed dialysis, she wanted to learn more about how to take care of him. So she became a dialysis technician, and now is planning on nursing school.  more

Twin brothers, Johnie and Louie Baima, were strapping young men when they enlisted together during World War II, and served side-by-side in the jungles of Burma as members of the 5307th Composite Unit, better known to history as “Merrill’s Marauders.”  more

Sen. Jerry Moran was on hand Friday to deliver good news about two federal grants awarded to the City of Pittsburg and Pittsburg Police Department. more

The City of Pittsburg has announced that starting Monday, June 6, the directional flow of traffic will change on East 12th Street (Larry Garman Ave.) between North Broadway and North Joplin Street.   more

A new partnership between the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts and Olive Street Presents will bring Americana and folk concerts to the Bicknell Center. more

The Pittsburg Lions Club chapter is celebrating its 100th year by hosting the Kansas Lions 100th Annual State Convention, which started Thursday and continues through Saturday at Memorial Auditorium.  more

The Jefferson Highway Association has been having its annual conference in town this week, with more activities planned for Saturday.  more

Hillary Houston, executive director of Wesley House, an outreach mission of First United Methodist Church that addresses the needs of low-income families in the area, was arrested Thursday on two separate charges.   more

Cherokee County Sheriff's Office investigators and deputies recently conducted a county-wide registered offender compliance operation.   more

On Monday, June 6, the SEK Hunger Action Summit in Iola will bring together community members and various organizations to collaborate, share and work to end hunger.   more

On Jan. 15, 1923, residents from across Crawford County gathered to celebrate the joining of three new highways near Franklin; the Jefferson Highway, which ran from New Orleans to Winnipeg, Cananda; the Ozark Trail, which links St. Louis to Santa Fe; and the Commercial Highway that runs concurrent with Jefferson, but connects Pittsburg to the coal fields in northeast Crawford County.   more

After a 12-year hiatus, Cyrus peaked his head out for the children at the Pittsburg Public Library and encouraged them to decorate some new scales for him at a pop-up program on Thursday.   more

Every summer since 2016, the Girard Public Library has provided a Summer Meal Program for the youth in the community. more

Pittsburg Lions Club President Lori Horton speaks at an event Thursday evening at Memorial Auditorium to kick off the 100th Annual Kansas State Lions Convention . The convention continues through … more