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School and law enforcement officials evacuated Pittsburg High School Monday afternoon after a written bomb threat was discovered in the building.
Pittsburg Police Department officials were not available to comment on the threat, but said in a release that police and Pittsburg Fire Department officials responded to the report at about 2:07 p.m. Students and faculty were evacuated across the street to Countryside Christian Church, where they waited in the gymnasium for the all-clear signal. Police and fire officials conducted a search of the school but did not find evidence of bomb materials, the release said.
Breaking the drought
Since we love to hunt ducks so much, my good friend Rich Abdoler and I took a little trip in mid January to Louisiana to hunt waterfowl.
Pittsburg High School students could soon be able to graduate with 15 college credit hours without ever stepping foot on a college campus. The school is partnering with Pittsburg State University to offer college-level classes taught by PHS faculty.
This is one of those things that farmers really can’t do without. Though it seems like a pain to have to go through this process, it is the law, and without the certification, you can’t buy restricted use agricultural chemicals.
Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) Michael Scuse announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will conduct a four-week Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general signup, beginning on March 12 and ending on April 6.
Follow the link to see our look at what’s happening this week.
Blake Benson, Pittsburg Area Chamber of Commerce president, worried that nobody would come to the first legislative breakfast sponsored by the Chamber during the 2012 legislative session.
How can you help but smile when a guy in a bright red, green or blue morph suit hands you a Post-It note telling you to have a nice day?
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