PITTSBURG, Kan. — The USD 250 Board of Education on Monday night approved promoting current Pittsburg Community Middle School Assistant Principal Laura Earl to be the school’s new … more

PITTSBURG, Kan. — According to numbers released by the Crawford County Health Department last week, 3,843 people have received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Crawford … more

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Kan. — A Columbus woman died Sunday after the vehicle she was driving went airborne and then hit a tree in rural Cherokee County, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.  … more

PITTSBURG, Kan. — Crawford County Mental Health Center has a new director of addiction services. CCMHC welcomed James Childers to his new position on Feb. 1.   Childers has a master’s … more

County Health Officer Dr. Tim Stebbins updated the commission on the number of COVID-19 deaths that have been reported in the county. As of last week, the number was 35 and now sits at 64. Stebbins … more

PARSONS, Kan. — The Parsons Police Department announced Thursday that, as a result of an investigation coordinated with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, remains located earlier this week have … more

PITTSBURG, Kan. — Only one of five teenagers who were riding in a car that flipped on its side and hit a utility pole Thursday in rural Crawford County a few miles west of Pittsburg had to be taken … more

PITTSBURG, Kan. — Pittsburg police officers were dispatched Wednesday evening to Ascension Via Christi Hospital in response to a report of a 41-year-old male victim suffering from an abdominal stab … more

PITTSBURG, Kan. — In recent years the once bland walls of downtown Pittsburg have become significantly more colorful. Old brick buildings have become canvas … more

PITTSBURG, Kan. — On Jan. 18, police responded to a robbery call at the La Quinta Inn and Suites in Pittsburg. After answering a knock on his hotel room door, the victim told police, a suspect … more