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Crash claims life of young man near Atkinson Airport 
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Crawford County Sheriff and Kansas Highway Patrol respond to fatal crash on Lonestar Road. more
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Drivers with the Ozarks Chapter of the Model T Ford Club of America visit the last surviving arch bridge on Route 66 in 2020. This year's Hillbilly Tour explores Southeast Kansas and Southwest Missouri from Sept. 7 to 11.
Model T Club to tour Southeast Kansas 
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Antique Model Ts will be seen throughout Southeast Kansas next week, from Wednesday to Sunday, Sept. 7 to 11. The 39th Annual Hillbilly Tour will be based in Pittsburg, with participants exploring scenic roads, including Route 66, and delving into the rich history of coal and lead mining, and bootlegging, that the area has to offer.  more
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Shawn Naccarato
PSU administrator elected to Humanities Kansas board 
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Humanities Kansas, an independent nonprofit that encourages Kansans to improve and serve their communities by drawing on history, literature, ethics and culture, recently elected … more
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Poet Laura Lee Washburn reads from one of her books of poetry at Raven Bookstore in Lawrence.
The poetry of Pittsburg
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The school year for Kansas has begun, and with it comes festivals geared towards academics. more
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The Gorilla Century, an annual bike ride featuring 37-, 62-, and 100-mile routes, returns to Southeast Kansas this weekend.
Gorilla Century rides again
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With a jam-packed weekend of Paint the Town Red and Little Balkans Days events approaching, there will also be another physical activity in which citizens can participate. more
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State Winning Wildcat District Quiz Bowl Team, from left, Trey Newby, Maggie Chandler, coach Nicole Small, Cecillia Newby, and Maddix Small.
Wildcat 4-H Kentucky bound
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Wildcat 4-H livestock, meats, quiz bowl, and skill-a-thon judging teams recently traveled to Kansas State University for the state 4-H sweepstakes contest. more
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Be on the lookout for blue-green algae
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While the days have gotten a little cooler recently the hot, sunny weather that we had previously was the perfect combination for pond weeds and algae to grow. more
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This year’s Pittsburg Launch class recently met with city officials to discuss their vision for The Spot at 110 N. Walnut. The students will be picking up where last year’s class left off.
PHS launches into a new year 
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With the 2022-23 school year just beginning, the Launch program at Pittsburg High School is gearing up as well. Last year’s class was made up of all seniors, so this year, the program will be starting with all new faces, and hopefully, some new ideas.  more
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Jared Chastain, left, and Alex Moore of the band Flowsion play at the first End of Summer Bash in Cherryvale in 2016.
Ending with a Bash
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As summer concludes, one area band decided to send the season off in style with a big End of Summer Bash concert at My Place in Cherryvale.  more
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Paint the Town Red decorating contest [Photo gallery]
Numerous Pittsburg businesses and other organizations, just a few of which are shown here, participated in this year’s Paint the Town Red decorating contest. more
At 5:40 p.m. Tuesday a man called 911 to report he was at a stop sign at Joplin and 7th Street in Pittsburg and saw his motorcycle was on fire. The Pittsburg Fire Department extinguished the fire, and no injuries were reported. The fire was not a result of a motor vehicle collision, and the cause of the fire is unknown.
Flaming Motorcycle
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At 5:40 p.m. Tuesday a man called 911 to report he was at a stop sign at Joplin and 7th Street in Pittsburg and saw his motorcycle was on fire. The Pittsburg Fire Department extinguished the fire, … more
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Sheriff’s office warns of scam
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The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office is warning area residents to beware of a fraudulent scam involving a caller impersonating a law enforcement officer.  more
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Driver injured in K-7 semi rollover
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A Houston, Texas man was seriously injured in a semi rollover accident on Highway K-7 at 670th Road, or about 4.75 miles north of Girard, early Tuesday morning.  more
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The current culverts that are plugged up at E. 600th and S. 230th. KDHE plans to clear these and add two more to the intersection.
County updated on reclamation project 
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Bryce Zirfas and Marlene Spence of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s Surface Mining Unit spoke with Crawford County commissioners at Tuesday’s meeting about a reclamation project centered on the intersection of E. 600th and S. 230th, just a mile north of Grasshopper Corner in Frontenac.  more
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Over 30 participants packed the St. Mary’s Guadalupe Hall for the inaugural Little Balkans Cooking School on Monday, Aug. 29. They were taught how to make fresh pasta, German slaw, pesto and more.
Little Balkans Cooking School [Photo gallery]
Photos from the Little Balkans Cooking School event held on Monday, Aug. 29, at St. Mary’s Guadalupe Hall in Pittsburg as part of Little Balkans Days 2022. more
Crawford County commission approves participation in regional transportation plan 
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Crawford County Grant Writer Gus Brunetti met with the county commissioners on Tuesday to discuss participation in a new grant proposal from the Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission.  more
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fort Scott sustained significant damage in a fire on Monday night.
Fort Scott church damaged by fire
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fort Scott was severely damaged in a fire Monday night. more
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Debra Anthony appointed Crawford County Health Department director
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The Crawford County Commission has appointed Debra Anthony as director of the Crawford County Health Department, effective Aug. 30, 2022.  more
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From left, Library Director Bev Clarkson, Public Service/Outreach Tori Glover, and Young Adult Librarian Jessica Ziesenis show the area where the Friends of the Pittsburg Public Library sort books into categories to go in specific locations for the ongoing book sale, as well as the annual Labor Day Book Sale.
Buy the Books
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In addition to the numerous events this week with Little Balkans Days and Paint the Town Red, the Pittsburg Public Library is back to having its annual Book Sale on Labor Day Weekend, and, like last year’s sale, this year’s will once again be held outdoors in the library courtyard.  more
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Walk to End Alzheimer’s 
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The Alzheimer’s Association is inviting southeast Kansas residents to join the fight to end the disease by registering for the 2022 Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Pittsburg. The event is Sept. 24 at Gorilla Village on the Pittsburg State University campus.   more
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